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THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN ART NOUVEAU HORN, TOPAZ, DIAMOND AND GOLD HAIRCOMB, BY RENE LALIQUE
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AN ART NOUVEAU HORN, TOPAZ, DIAMOND AND GOLD HAIRCOMB, BY RENE LALIQUE
Composed of a rectangular horn plaque, carved as four dragonflies with gold thoraxes, enhanced by a rose-cut diamond and gold bar, set with rectangular-cut brown topaz, to the horn comb, circa 1902, in a Lalique beige suede fitted case
Signed Lalique for René Lalique
Composed of a rectangular horn plaque, carved as four dragonflies with gold thoraxes, enhanced by a rose-cut diamond and gold bar, set with rectangular-cut brown topaz, to the horn comb, circa 1902, in a Lalique beige suede fitted case
Signed Lalique for René Lalique
Provenance
Sold Sotheby's Geneva, "Magnificent Jewels", 16 November 1995, lot 28
Literature
Vivienne Becker, The Jewellery of René Lalique, A Goldsmiths' Company Exhibition, 28 May to 24 July 1987, London, page 68, plate 45
Cf. Sigrid Barten, René Lalique Schmuck und Objects d'Art, 1890-1910, Prestel-Verlag, München, 1977, page 211, plate 175
Cf. Sigrid Barten, René Lalique Schmuck und Objects d'Art, 1890-1910, Prestel-Verlag, München, 1977, page 211, plate 175