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Lily of the Valley Comb

c. 1900

René Lalique

(French, 1860–1945)
Culture
France, early 20th Century
Medium
horn, enamel and gold
Measurements
Overall: 15.4 x 9.4 x 3 cm (6 1/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1981.49
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
221 19th Century Decorative Arts
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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.

Lily of the Valley Comb

c. 1900

René Lalique

(French, 1860–1945)
France, early 20th Century

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