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Art Nouveau flourished for a brief but remarkable era, emerging as a fashionable motif in the early 1890s and waning around 1910. Designers of this period, like René Lalique and Lucien Gautrait, took their inspiration from nature and embraced romanticism and beauty. Paris was the major center of creativity for blossoming style, and a new generation of jewelers embraced an aesthetic of fantasy and sensuality. Among the many talented jewelers of this period was René Lalique. An imaginative designer, he used a variety of precious and non-precious stones, while skillfully applying enamels to enrich each of his creations. As exemplified by Lot 90, his use of variously colored plique-à-jour enamel created a romantic floral motif which he enhanced by including bold amethyst cabochons. Lot 92, by an unknown maker, also expresses a similar motif again through use of enamel, but this time with colorful tourmalines and garnets.One of the greatest innovations of jewelry from this era was the fanciful portrayal of women and use of the female face and body. This motif was used by another notable jeweler from this period, also known for his fine enameling, by the name of Lucien Gautrait. Lot 91 depicts a female face with a body that terminates as a snake with wings. Women were often portrayed as maidens or goddesses with long, waving hair and at times, like Gautrait’s present lot, revealed a combination of the real and the imagined.PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN ART NOUVEAU PLIQUE-À-JOUR AND AMETHYST PENDANT NECKLACE, BY RENÉ LALIQUE
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AN ART NOUVEAU PLIQUE-À-JOUR AND AMETHYST PENDANT NECKLACE, BY RENÉ LALIQUE
Suspending a red, purple, blue and green plique-à-jour enamel pendant of stylized floral motif, to the surmount of similar design, enhanced by circular cabochon amethysts and fine link gold neckchain, circa 1900, 16 3/8 ins., mounted in 18k gold
Signed Lalique for René Lalique
Suspending a red, purple, blue and green plique-à-jour enamel pendant of stylized floral motif, to the surmount of similar design, enhanced by circular cabochon amethysts and fine link gold neckchain, circa 1900, 16 3/8 ins., mounted in 18k gold
Signed Lalique for René Lalique
Sale room notice
This Lot is Withdrawn.