Jean DUNAND (1877-1942), Art Deco period work - Lot 69

Jean DUNAND (1877-1942), Art Deco period work Triangular pendant in red lacquer enhanced with geometric silver motifs, the reverse in black lacquer, the applied diamond-shaped clasp and the silver-plated metal clasp. Dimensions: 7.4x3.5cm. (Small chips). This Art Deco pendant adorned with lacquer is typical of the jewelry production of artist-decorator Jean Dunand (1877-1942). Trained in metalwork, he discovered lacquer through the study of Japanese bronzes, then used as a patina fixative. It was in the early 1910s that Dunand met Japanese master lacquerer Seizo Sugawara, who, eager to learn his inlay techniques applied to metals, in turn trained him in lacquer processes, alongside Eileen Grey. From then on, lacquer was used in several areas of his production - for panels, screens, furniture and vases - and, around 1925, was applied to the creation of costume jewelry with "simple geometric shapes and a reduced range of pure colors combining to create the right balance and real harmony "*. *POSSEME, Evelyne, "Jean Dunand", Bijoux Art Déco et Avant-garde, Exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, March 19 - July 12, 2009, Norma, Paris, 2009, p. 142. Bibliography: Similar pendant models are reproduced in Félix MARCILHAC's book "Jean Dunand His Life and Work", p. 101 (Edition Thames & Hudson, 1991).