Lot Essay
Cf. Sigrid Barten, "René Lalique, Schmuck und Objets d'art 1890-1910: Monographie und Werkkatalog", Prestel-Verlag, München, 1977, pages 298-300
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Details
AN EXQUISITE ART NOUVEAU ENAMEL PENDANT, BY RENE LALIQUE
Depicting two sculpted white enamelled swans, the plumage enhanced by gold detail, within a blue plique-à-jour enamelled lake, with green enamelled foliage, to the scrolling swan neck motif forming the pendant hook, mounted in gold, circa 1900
Signed Lalique for René Lalique
Depicting two sculpted white enamelled swans, the plumage enhanced by gold detail, within a blue plique-à-jour enamelled lake, with green enamelled foliage, to the scrolling swan neck motif forming the pendant hook, mounted in gold, circa 1900
Signed Lalique for René Lalique
Literature
Yvonne Brunhammer, "The Jewels of Lalique", Flammarion, Paris, 1998, page 147
Henri Vever, "French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century", Thames & Hudson, London, 2001, page 1195
"René Lalique: 1860-1945", APT International, Tokyo, 2000-2001, page 84
Henri Vever, "French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century", Thames & Hudson, London, 2001, page 1195
"René Lalique: 1860-1945", APT International, Tokyo, 2000-2001, page 84
Exhibited
Art Nouveau: Belgium, France", Rice Museum, 26 March-27 June 1976; Chicago, The Art Institute, 28 August-31 October 1976, no. 399
"The Jewels of Lalique", New York, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 3 February-12 April 1998; Washington D.C., International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 15 May-16 August 1998; Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, 13 September 1998-10 January 1999, no. 31
"The Jewels of Lalique", New York, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 3 February-12 April 1998; Washington D.C., International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 15 May-16 August 1998; Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, 13 September 1998-10 January 1999, no. 31