Lot Essay
Cf: Pariser Schmuck. Vom Zweiten Kaiserreich zur Belle Epoque, Munich, 1989, pl. 181, p. 258 (for a comparable example).
Eugene Feuillâtre began his career working for René Lalique, when he experimented with various methods of enamelling on silver and platinum. He left Lalique's studio in 1899 and began specializing in plique-à-jour enamelling, a technique which he mastered brilliantly. In 1899 Feuillâtre exhibited at La Libre Esthétique and his work was also shown at the New Gallery, London, at the Exposition Universelle in 1900 and at the Turin Exhibition in 1902. He became a member of the Société des Artistes Français in 1899 where he exhibited until 1910.
Eugene Feuillâtre began his career working for René Lalique, when he experimented with various methods of enamelling on silver and platinum. He left Lalique's studio in 1899 and began specializing in plique-à-jour enamelling, a technique which he mastered brilliantly. In 1899 Feuillâtre exhibited at La Libre Esthétique and his work was also shown at the New Gallery, London, at the Exposition Universelle in 1900 and at the Turin Exhibition in 1902. He became a member of the Société des Artistes Français in 1899 where he exhibited until 1910.