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FALIZE (and attributed to) 18K (750) gold suite including: a blond horn comb topped with a large motif of enameled foliage embellished with pearls, the setting highlighted with pale pink enamel; a pendant forming plique-à-jour enameled foliage embellished with pearl berries. Unsigned. Master stamp on the comb motif. Preserved in its shaped case with a compartment for the comb and screws. French work from the early 20th century. Dimensions: approx. 8.5x5cm and approx. 6x3cm respectively. Gross weight: 50.3g (accident, slight lack of enamel). A Falize hair comb and attributed to Falize pendant This comb gracefully illustrates the ease with which Falize embraced Art Nouveau, placing nature, and more specifically botany, at the center of his preoccupations. In fact, Lucien Falize wrote in 1890 that "it was plants that served, through the arts, as the source of ornamentation". Of the 3 Falize brothers, Lucien was the one who perfectly mastered botanical motifs. The design of the enamelled leaves on our comb can be compared to a study for a pendant made by Jacques Cantel for Falize. Cantel was one of Falize's most eminent draftsmen, equally at home drawing an Academician's sword or delicate hair ornaments. Trained at the Beaux Arts (1894-1900), he completed his training with Falize, who taught him to sketch all botanical motifs by observing objects in museums. He was awarded a gold medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle. Katherine Purcell, Falize, A Dynasty of jewelers, 1999, p.253, fig. 363
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FALIZE (and attributed to) 18K (750) gold suite including: a blond horn comb topped with a large motif of enameled foliage embellished with pearls, the setting highlighted with pale pink enamel; a pendant forming plique-à-jour enameled foliage embellished with pearl berries. Unsigned. Master stamp on the comb motif. Preserved in its shaped case with a compartment for the comb and screws. French work from the early 20th century. Dimensions: approx. 8.5x5cm and approx. 6x3cm respectively. Gross weight: 50.3g (accident, slight lack of enamel). A Falize hair comb and attributed to Falize pendant This comb gracefully illustrates the ease with which Falize embraced Art Nouveau, placing nature, and more specifically botany, at the center of his preoccupations. In fact, Lucien Falize wrote in 1890 that "it was plants that served, through the arts, as the source of ornamentation". Of the 3 Falize brothers, Lucien was the one who perfectly mastered botanical motifs. The design of the enamelled leaves on our comb can be compared to a study for a pendant made by Jacques Cantel for Falize. Cantel was one of Falize's most eminent draftsmen, equally at home drawing an Academician's sword or delicate hair ornaments. Trained at the Beaux Arts (1894-1900), he completed his training with Falize, who taught him to sketch all botanical motifs by observing objects in museums. He was awarded a gold medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle. Katherine Purcell, Falize, A Dynasty of jewelers, 1999, p.253, fig. 363
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