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Category Archives: Lalique
Lalique Comb
I cannot believe there is a Lalique comb that hasn’t been featured on this blog. ;-P This one is “Drone with Umbels,” c. 1901-2. It is made from carved horn, gold, and enamel. An umbel is a flower consisting of … Continue reading
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Lalique Icy Leaves
c.1904 – 1905. The comb is horn, the brim is gold, the leaves are tortoiseshell, and the diamonds make them look like ice. There was an excellent doctoral thesis done on Lalique by Fallon Lee Miller of Eastern Michigan University … Continue reading
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Tagged diamonds, eastern michigan university, fallon lee miller, gold, hair comb, horn, icy leaves, Lalique, lalique tiara, tortoiseshell
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Blessed be the Genius…
Lalique’s cattleya orchid is made of ivory, gold, enamel, horn, and diamonds, c. 1903-1904, and resides in the Cleveland Museum of Art. However, the view we usually see of it does not reveal its secret: what RenĂ© was really thinking … Continue reading
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The Peacock
First, Rene made a simple horn comb. Then he attached a gold medallion with inlaid mother-of-pearl clovers. He elongated the horn on the top-right to frame a real peacock feather. To hold the feather in place, he carved and attached … Continue reading
Bats and Sapphires
Rene Lalique made a comb he called, “Bats.” I did a collection of combs with rats and bats on them, I guess this was his entry into rodent life. :-) They are made of blue enamel on a horn comb. … Continue reading
Lalique Tiara Comb
This tiara comb was made with Rene Lalique’s own hands, in Paris, c. 1903-4. The horn arches, which support the cast glass flowers, frame fire opals. The design rests on a band of enameled gold hinged to a horn comb.The … Continue reading
There’s A Story In This Sale
In April, 2008, Christies sold this Lalique horn comb with a blue and green enameled Japanese landscape and a sunset in yellowish orange enamel for $273,500. The comb was made c. 1900 and is one of Japonisme’s greatest expressions from … Continue reading
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Japonisme: Lalique and Meiji Birds
After the opening up of trade routes to Japan, Edo and Meiji combs were introduced at the Paris exhibition of 1867. They took the European art world by storm and began a craze in France called Japonisme . It is … Continue reading
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Tagged hair comb, Kanzashi, Lalique, meiji Japan
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Lalique, the Master
He changed the imagination of the world for all time. Here are an orchid, and something I’ve never seen before: hair sticks with a bouquet of coral flowers on top, very geisha, very Japonisme. The cattleya orchid is made of … Continue reading
Lalique Horn Comb
Whiplash scrolls bookend this comb, bordered in gold plaque. Rene’s theme was wheat stalks with webbed terminals, which he realistically decorated in yellow and orange translucent enamel. He signed this one. c. 1900. This comb and the original drawing sold … Continue reading