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Category Archives: Art Nouveau
Lucien Gaillard Maple Seed Hair Comb
There is an auction coming up of a Lucien Gaillard hair comb at invaluable.com. The link. Bidding starts at €500, with an estimate of €500 – €600. Perhaps the valuation comes because of its condition. Diagonal striations show in the … Continue reading
Posted in Art Nouveau, French Hair Comb, Lucien Gaillard
Tagged auction, horn, maple seed pods, patinated bronze, r, Rijksmuseum
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Japanese Hair Comb
From Japan: Edo Era comb, 18th Century, H: 8 cm. W: 12.2 cm. The plot is about 5 crows flying in the clouds at sunset. As was the style, the crows were not drawn in perspective. It is made of … Continue reading
Posted in Art Nouveau, French Hair Comb, Japanese Hair Comb
Tagged japonisme, lucien galliard, Troppen Museum
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A René Lalique Hair Comb: The Visible and the Invisible
In 1900, enchanted observers marveled at how light played with color, as it reflected off leaves or the wings of a dragonfly. However, unlike moths, dragonflies don’t navigate by the light of the moon. Instead, they use sunlight’s energy on … Continue reading
Posted in Art Nouveau, Auction, French Hair Comb, Lalique, Sothebys
Tagged aquamarine, citrine, dragonflies, dragonfly, hair comb, swarm, Tiara
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The Hair Comb Market
Are many beautiful things for sale, each with their own story, that condense post into one subject is difficult. So I have buffet of things today. Just click the picture or link see more details about each item. In Sotheby’s … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Calder, American Hair Comb, Art Nouveau, diadem, Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment, French Hair Comb, Indonesian Hair Comb, Japanese Hair Comb, Meiji Hair Comb, Oceanic Comb
Tagged Alexander Calder, Chinese hair pins, Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment, faberge, french art nouveau comb, French Empire Comb, hair comb, Henri Vever, Indonesian gold jewelry, Michael Backman Ltd., solomon islands
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Lalique Hair Combs and Tiaras
Victorian diamond brooches came with different settings, so they could be worn separately or together as a tiara. Art Nouveau brooches could also serve multiple purposes. Indeed, some were designed as a tiara and ended up as a brooch. Such … Continue reading
Auctions at Drouot: Art Nouveau Locusts — SOLD, for 141,000 euros
They jumped into history with no name. The auction curators at Drouot had no idea who made these realistic plique-a-jour enamel locusts with diamond lines, set in gold, so they estimated their value at 6500 euros. In the description, Drouot … Continue reading
Paul and Henri Vever: Swan and Lily Comb
After winning a second Grand Prize at Paris’s International Exposition in 1900, the Maison Vever invited guest designers. The most famous was Eugène Samuel Grasset (1841–1917). He designed the “Swan and Lily Comb.” Paul (1851 – 1915) and Henri (1854 … Continue reading
Turtles, Mystery, and Love
Turtles A bomb fell on his house: the terror that annihilates all you love in an instant. Fight or flight? The surviving father grabbed his infant son and fled into the forest. No war. No bombs. Instead, the order of … Continue reading
Lalique Tiaras: From God to a Rooster’s Breakfast
The setting of gems is profound meditation. How can a tiara or crown give its wearer the verisimilitude of God on Earth? Rene Lalique couldn’t care less. He transformed the appearance of jewelry with new themes. Combining French Symbolist philosophy … Continue reading
Posted in Art Nouveau, French Hair Comb, Lalique
Tagged Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, diadem, rene lalique, Tiara
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