STRAUSS, ALLARD & MEYER, 1920s - Lot 56

Lot n° 56
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STRAUSS, ALLARD & MEYER, 1920s - Lot 56
STRAUSS, ALLARD & MEYER, 1920s Silver 800‰ beauty case adorned with a burgundy lacquer plaque with extreme oriental decoration of a house in a 750‰ yellow gold surround, the frame enhanced with black lacquer. Fitted with a hinge, it opens onto a partially vermeiled interior comprising a powder compartment, lipstick and mirror. The tube is numbered "5422". French work, diamond-shaped hallmark. English import hallmarks (London, letter date "M" for 1927). Dimensions: 7.2x4.9x0.9cm. P. Gross: 104g. (Split glass, missing lacquer and mother-of-pearl). This compact is a typical example of the influence of China and Japan on French jewelry production during the Art Deco period. The term "laque burgauté" or "lac burgauté" refers to mother-of-pearl-encrusted lacquer in shades of pink, violet, blue and green, which can be complemented by gold and silver leaf inlays to achieve enhanced contrasting effects. This technique was particularly used on display objects, sets, watches and clocks by the great Maisons of Place Vendôme during the 1920s. Lac burgauté" plates were most often manufactured in Japan, then integrated into objects in the West. During the exhibition "Objets Précieux Art Déco de la collection du Prince et de la Princesse Sadruddin Aga Khan", organized in 2018 in Paris by the Ecole des Arts Joailliers, a box from the Maison Cartier and a set from the Maison Janesich were presented, demonstrating the use of lac burgauté plates. Bibliography : - GLORIEUX, Guillaume (ed.), Objets Précieux Art Déco, Exhibition by the Ecole des Arts joailliers with the support of Van Cleef & Arpels, April 2018, Thames & Hudson, 2017. - RUDOE J., Cartier 1900-1939, Paris, Somogy, 1997, p. 188 ff.
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