Live Auction 10051
20th Century Decorative Art & Design
Lot 127
127
LUCIEN AMÉDÉE GAILLARD (1861-1933)
A RARE 'RHINOCEROS BEETLE' MAGNIFYING GLASS, CIRCA 1904
Details
LUCIEN AMÉDÉE GAILLARD (1861-1933)
A RARE 'RHINOCEROS BEETLE' MAGNIFYING GLASS, CIRCA 1904
silver-plated metal and glass
8.1/4 in. (21 cm.) long
Literature
A. Duncan,
The Paris Salons, 1895-1914, Volume V: Objects d' Art & Metalware
, Woodbridge, 1999, p. 39.
Sale room notice
This lot should read continental white metal.
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Lot Essay
An identical model in a different combination of metals was shown at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français in 1904.
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