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Lily of the Valley Comb

Lily of the Valley Comb

c. 1900
(French, 1860–1945)
Overall: 15.4 x 9.4 x 3 cm (6 1/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Did You Know?

Lalique valued the use of horn for its transparent qualities and natural color.

Description

This comb was purchased by Cleveland native Jeptha Homer Wade II from Lalique after admiring the designer's work at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, probably for his wife Ellen Garretson Wade. Pearlescent horn forms the leaves of the lily of the valley, out of which the delicate, bell-shaped enamel flowers emerge.
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    Harrison, Stephen, Emmanuel Ducamp, Jeannine J Falino. Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2008. Reproduced: P. 258; Mentioned: P. 334, no. 162
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    Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique . Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (February 7-May 31, 2009).
    Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1720-2008. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (March 7-July 6, 2008).
    The Jewels of Lalique. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (February 3-April 12, 1998); Smithsonian Institution, International Gallery, Washington, D.C (May 15-August 16, 1998); The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (September 13, 1998-January 10, 1999).
    Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
    Art Nouveau in France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 12-November 27, 1988).
    The Jewelry of Rene Lalique. Goldsmiths' Hall, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (May 28-July 24, 1987).
    The Year in Review for 1981. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
  • {{cite web|title=Lily of the Valley Comb|url=false|author=René Lalique|year=c. 1900|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1981.49