Auction on
17 November 2021 - 15:00 (CET) -
Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
The jewelry-maker was one of the great names of first Art Nouveau and then Art Deco, whose glass creations became increasingly prevalent after 1900.
René Lalique (1860-1945), Medusa, pendant with a Medusa head in blue-green repolished pâte de cristal set in yellow gold with silver foil inclusions representing three snakes, one hanging baroque pearl, h. 11 cm/4.3 in., weight 78 g/2.8 oz. Estimate: €200,000/300,000
René Lalique (1860-1945), Medusa, pendant with a Medusa head in blue-green repolished pâte de cristal set in yellow gold with silver foil inclusions representing three snakes, one hanging baroque pearl, h. 11 cm/4.3 in., weight 78 g/2.8 oz. Estimate: €200,000/300,000
"I didn't know of any jewelry designers, and at last here we have one!" The compliment from Alphonse Fouquet—Georges Fouquet's father and founder of the eponymous jewelry store—was addressed to René Lalique . This was in 1884 when Lalique made his first public appearance at the National…
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