LINE VAUTRIN | Soleil à pointes n. 2 convex mirror

circa 1955talosel and mirrored glassSigned LINE VAUTRIN on the reverse

René Chavance, "Les Fabricants de glaces et verres présentent le Pavillon Espace", Mobilier et Décoration, April 1958, n°3, p. 34 for a related example
Line Vautrin and Patrick Mauriès, Line Vautrin, Bijoux et objets, London, 1992, p. 90
Patrick Mauriès, Line Vautrin, Miroirs, Paris, 2004, pp. 12, 15, 21 and 40 for vintage photographs and p. 70

Good overall condition. The stained glass elements presents with some scattered hairline cracks, visible in the catalogue illustration, and with a few very tiny chips (not visually distractive). There are some instances of oxidation below the glass, all consistent with age and use and visible in the catalogue illustration. There are a few tiny losses of talosel along the points, not visually distractive, and some talosel elements might have been restored at a later date. The mirrored glass with a few very light surface scratches.
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