JEAN DUNAND, CIRCA 1927

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A SUITE OF TWO LACQUERED BRONZE NECKLACES
JEAN DUNAND, CIRCA 1927
the larger gilt, the small ungilded
5in. (12.7cm.) diameter of largest
the larger stamped DUNAND and OREUM, the smaller also stamped OREUM (2)

Provenance

Acquired directly from Dunand by his friend Lilly Daché (Mrs. Jean Desprès)
Thence by descent

Literature

Lilly Daché, Talking Through My Hats, 1946, book jacket, portrait of Lilly Daché wearing the necklaces (reproduced at right).

Lot Essay

cf. Félix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, His Life and Works, 1991, p. 94, the actress Jane Renouardt shown wearing neck-rings by Jean Dunand in 1927, pp. 97 and 275, neck-rings decorated with lacquered geometric motifs illustrated.

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