FRANÇOIS-DÉSIRÉ FROMENT-MEURICE - 1850S
RARE CHERUBS,... Lot 9
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FRANÇOIS-DÉSIRÉ FROMENT-MEURICE - 1850S
RARE CHERUBS, IVY LEAVES AND TULIPS BRACELET
It features a very large oval onyx motif inlaid with interlaced initials in 18K yellow gold. It is surrounded by cherubs holding small pearls. Surrounded by green enameled ivy leaves and ruby-set tulips. The bracelet itself features a frieze of ivy leaves and small tulips and four cherubs with large wings.
Gross weight: 90.70 g (very small enamel chips).
Dimensions of central motif: 7.5 x 5.8 cm.
Total bracelet length: 18.3 cm.
Bracelet width: 2.9 cm.
Dictionnaire des poinçons des fabricants d'ouvrage d'or et d'argent, Paris 1838-1875, Cahier de l'Inventaire, 1994.
VEVER, Henri, La bijouterie Française au XIXème siècle, Floury edition, Paris 1906: it mentions the joint work of brothers Louis-Philibert-Honoré Audouard and François-Désiré Froment-Meurice.
Archives of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
A RARE WORK BY FRANÇOIS-DÉSIRÉ FROMENT-MEURICE
Romanticism combined with neo-Gothic style
With great skill, this bracelet blends the most exaggerated romanticism, presenting the recipient with three small eggs in the form of pearls, probably a gift for a new-born baby. The wristband is decorated with arabesques
symbolizing fidelity, freely inspired by the most refined Gothic style. When I came across an identical ivy-leaf bracelet by the same artist in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum
ivy leaves, I was, as you will be, surprised by the modest prices charged to customers by this designer. The Museum's small bracelet was paid for by the Museum itself at the London World's Fair in 1851 at a cost of
18 pounds sterling. Today, we offer a "modern" work from 1851, which has become a major collector's item. Let's not forget the great success of another masterpiece by François-Désirée Froment-Meurice, sold at Tajan for 67,600 euros (including fees) for a large pink topaz pendant.
pendant exhibited in Paris for the 1855 Universal Exhibition.
Onyx, enamel, natural pearls, silver and 18K yellow gold cherubs bracelet by François-Désiré Froment-Meurice, circa 1850.
Gross weight : 90,70 gr. (little lacks to the enamel)
Central pattern dimensions : 7,5 x 5,8 cm.
Total lentgh bracelet : 18,3 cm.
Bracelet width : 2,9 cm.
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