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Category Archives: Art Nouveau
Georges Fouquet Hair Combs
Sotheby’s is selling two combs by Georges Fouquet. One is a piece with different fittings, enabling the wearer to choose whether she wants a pendant, brooch, or comb, and the other is made of tortoiseshell. Final sale prices have been … Continue reading
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Some Lovely Things on Ebay
We are beauty hunters. Some lovely things have sold on E-bay at good prices, while other nice pieces are still for sale. This emerald, pearl, and diamond Victorian parure was sent in by one of our community’s subscribers. I was … Continue reading
Piel Frères Egyptian Revival Hair Comb
Piel Frères was started by Alexandre Piel in 1855. Working with sculptor and artistic director Gabriel Stalin, they sculpted beautiful designs, using gilded inexpensive materials and made jewelry that looked luxurious for a fraction of the price. Choosing silver, celluloid, … Continue reading
Manuel Orazi Comb
Manuel Orazi (b. Rome, 1860) illustrated books and posters in France from 1884 until his death. In 1895, he illustrated “Aphrodite,” by Pierre Louÿs and achieved notoriety with his grotesque, occult drawings for Austin De Croze’s Calendrier Magique. Production was … Continue reading
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Christie’s: Rene Lalique Diadem
Carved out of clarified horn, two groups of three fern leaves make up the center, while two smaller sets taper off at the sides. An artist can say many things with one line. Lalique used a curved line of rose-cut … Continue reading
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Tagged French hair comb, Lalique comb, Lalique diadem, Lalique jewelry, lalique tiara, rene lalique
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The Hair Combs of Lucien Gaillard
Lucien Gaillard (1861-1942) was a contemporary of René Lalique and achieved equal fame c. 1900, as Art Nouveau and Japonisme swept Paris. However, unlike Lalique, Gaillard’s animals and insects were proportioned exactly. He did not elongate parts of his animals … Continue reading
Henri Gillet Hair Comb
Henri Gillet used Art Nouveau designs to make lithographs, which were used as wallpaper from 1900 to the 1920′s. On one of them, he designed a horn comb. If it were ever made, I’d imagine the flurry of leaves to … Continue reading
Jen Cruse: Art Nouveau Horn Combs
By Jen Cruse: The Art Nouveau period was a turning point in design principals where imagination and free-flowing creativity were of the essence. The emphasis was on a return to hand craftsmanship and away from increasing industrialization. In Europe between … Continue reading
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Paul-Gabriel Liénard and Louis Aucoc
Paul-Gabriel Liénard was a Parisian Art Nouveau jeweler, who reached the top of his craft when he registered his own mark in 1905. As with Louis Aucoc, Liénard was well known for using pearl sprays. I have not found any … Continue reading
Fake Lalique: Real Lalique
This article on Google documents fake Lalique auctions on E-bay. Beginning collectors, please remember: Lalique, LC Tiffany, Faberge and other great jewelers transformed jewelry with ideas: metamorphosis, symbolism, nature, modernism — the same ideas, which were inspiring Rodin, Redon, Rimbaud, … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Nouveau, fake lalique, hair comb, real lalique, rene lalique, sothebys
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