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Category Archives: Lalique
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
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Tagged aquamarine, citrine, dragonflies, dragonfly, hair comb, swarm, Tiara
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Lalique’s Sea Holly Comb
Decay is sensual in itself. The Mediterranean Sea Holly’s cone flower turns brown in the fall, and its silvery blue bracts cannot hold water anymore. In a flower’s life cycle, death comes without tears. With a Japanese inner eye, Lalique … Continue reading
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Tagged auction, french art nouveau comb, Lalique
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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
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
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Tagged Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, diadem, rene lalique, Tiara
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Rene Lalique and Calouste Gulbenkian
They were friends for 50 years. Perhaps that’s why Gulbenkian (right) obtained diplomatic immunity and became the Iranian ambassador to Pétain’s Vichy government in 1939. On October 30, 1939, 79-year-old René Lalique rushed to his factory in Wingen, Alcase. The … Continue reading
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Tagged anemones, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lalique hair comb, lalique orchid
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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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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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Brooch / Hairpin at the Musée Lalique
Different fittings can attach to many extraordinary pieces of jewelry. For example, a brooch could become a hair ornament, quite easily. Lalique made this corsage into a breathtaking fairy tale of 18K gold, diamond leaves, mother-of-pearl flowers, and green enamel. … Continue reading
René Lalique and Philippe Wolfers
Lalique introduced horn into the jewelry repertoire. In this tiara, c. 1902, the iridescent horn has different hues, lighter in the center, darker on the sides. The flowers have diamond centers. A gold hinge attaches the tiara to a three-pronged … Continue reading
Rene Lalique at the Musée Calouste Gulbenkian
Calouste Gulbenkian was the oil entrepreneur who opened up commerce from the Middle East to the West. He also had a 50-year friendship with Rene Lalique and obtained pieces directly from the artist. His art collection numbered over 6000 pieces, … Continue reading
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Tagged Musée Calouste Gulbenkian, rene lalique
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