Paul O'Doyé Costume ball on the theme of Egypt. Paris, c. 1920. Vintage silver print. Signature of the photographer in the lower right corner of the image. 16.8 x 22.3 cm with margins Photographer Paul O'Doyé, well introduced to the fashion world and Parisian high society in the 1920s, captures the vogue for costume balls, where the sophistication of the clothes and decorations reflect the refinement of their organizers. One thinks of the Thousand and Second Night by Paul Poiret or the Ball of Materials by Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles. Although unidentified, this ball photographed by O'Doyé is part of a particular craze for Egyptian antiquity after the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter in 1922.