Lot 46
  • 46

Silver and Lacquer Pendant-Necklace, Jean Fouquet, France

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Fouquet
  • silver, lacquer, silk
The circular pendant with two bombé columns, one applied with black lacquer and the other applied with mint green lacquer, suspending a black silk tassel and completed by a black silk cord, length 29 inches, signed Jean Fouquet, with French assay mark; 1928-1929.

Provenance

Formerly From the Collection of Karl Lagerfeld.

Exhibited

Bijoux Art Déco et Avant-Garde, Paris Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 19 March - 12 July 2009.

Literature

Understanding Jewellery by David Bennett and Daniela Mascetti, page 318.

Bijoux Art Déco et Avant-Garde by Laurence Mouillefarine and Évelyne Possémé, page 152.

Condition

In good condition with some minor surface wear and patination to the front. No enamel loss readily apparent though it has been recently restored to repair areas of loss as can be seen where the pendant has been illustrated previously. Silk cord of later vintage.
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Catalogue Note

A pendant of similar design from the Félix Marcilhac Collection is illustrated in Les Fouquet by Marie-Noël de Gary, page 168.