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Lily of the Valley Comb

c. 1900

René Lalique

(French, 1860-1945)

France, early 20th Century

Horn, enamel and gold

Overall: 15.4 x 9.4 x 3 cm (6 1/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1981.49

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221 19th Century Decorative Arts

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.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Engraved on side of gold stem: "LALIQUE"

Exhibition history

NY, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution; DC, International Gallery; Dallas Museum of Art "The Jewels of Lalique" 2/3/98 - 1/10/99, p. 26, cat. no. 71.

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York (3/7/2008 - 7/6/2008): "Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1720-2008"

The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/19/2008 - 1/18/2009) and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (2/7/2009 - 5/31/2009): "Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique"

The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/31/15-3/6/16) "Imagining the Garden"

The Year in Review for 1981. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

Art Nouveau in France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 12, 1988-January 2, 1989).

Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

The Jewels of Lalique. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (February 3-April 12, 1998); Smithsonian Institution, International Gallery, Washington, D.C (May 15-August 16, 1998); The Dallas Museum of Art (September 13, 1998-January 10, 1999).

Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1720-2008. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (organizer) (March 7-July 6, 2008).

Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique . Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (February 7-May 31, 2009).

Imagining the Garden. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 24, 2015-March 6, 2016).

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Lily of the Valley Comb

Lily of the Valley Comb

René Lalique

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