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AN ART NOUVEAU HORN AND GOLD "CHESTNUT" HAIR COMB, BY RENE LALIQUE
The carved horn panel depicting a hazel leaf, centering upon two chestnuts with textured gold sculptural leaves and stem, to the horn comb, circa 1900, 6¼ x 3¾ ins.
Signed Lalique for René Lalique
The carved horn panel depicting a hazel leaf, centering upon two chestnuts with textured gold sculptural leaves and stem, to the horn comb, circa 1900, 6¼ x 3¾ ins.
Signed Lalique for René Lalique
AN ART NOUVEAU HORN AND GOLD "CHESTNUT" HAIR COMB, BY RENE LALIQUE
The carved horn panel depicting a hazel leaf, centering upon two chestnuts with textured gold sculptural leaves and stem, to the horn comb, circa 1900, 6¼ x 3¾ ins.
Signed Lalique for René Lalique
The carved horn panel depicting a hazel leaf, centering upon two chestnuts with textured gold sculptural leaves and stem, to the horn comb, circa 1900, 6¼ x 3¾ ins.
Signed Lalique for René Lalique
René Lalique 1860-1945, Sogo Museum of Art Yokohama, 26 August - 29 October 2000; Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 11 November 2000 - 4 February 2001; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 14 February - 15 April 2001, exhibition catalogue, page 97; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 21 May - 12 July 1992, exhibition catalogue, no. 20
In the late nineteenth century, there was a trend toward seasonal jewelry. Lalique handled the seasons deftly: lillies of the valley for May, wisteria for spring, a winter landscape for December and chestnuts for the first hint of autumn.
Please note that this property formerly belonged to Nina Alexandrovna Konchine and was sold in Paris in 1988.