Two hundred years of history mark the rare, discreet and naturalistic heritage of one of Paris's most charming jewelry houses.
Vever. Yellow gold cruciform pendant brooch mounted with a blue-grey star sapphire cabochon highlighted by three platinum finials set with rose-cut diamonds, plique-à-jour enameled lanceolate frames, adaptable pin, h. 6.5 cm/2.55 in, 22.82 g/0.80 oz.
Thursday, December 6, 2018, Room 15 - Hôtel Drouot. Fraysse & Associés OVV. Cabinet Déchaut-Stetten & Associés.
Result: €21,523
As the nineteenth century faded into the twentieth, what quickly set Henri Vever apart from his contemporaries was his fervor for Art Nouveau , a passion he shared with René Lalique , one of his first collaborators. His creed was simple: “Out with Louis XV [style]”. Bordering on symbolism and allegory, the jeweler's motifs, from flowers to elves, butterfly women and nymphs, were similar to those of contemporary painters such as Puvis de Chavannes and Gustave Moreau . The line is thin and delicate, the subject always…
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