Year :
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c.1910 |
Material :
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Gold,Aquamarine,Diamond,Plique àjour Enamel |
Collection :
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Private Collection |
Provenance :
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Georges Fouquet |
Exhibition : |
Les Fouquet Bijoutiers &
Joailliers à Paris 1860-1960
1983
Musèe des Arts Dècoratifs Flammarion
PRECIOUS GEMS
JEWELERY FROM EIGHT CENTURIES
9 June ~ 15 October 2000
NATIONAL MUSEUM STOCKHOLM
TIARA Dignity and Beauty
- the story of the Tiara
20 January ~ 22 July 2007
The Bunkamura Museum of Art / The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum / The Museum of Kyoto
Organizers : Nippon Television Network Corporation and others
The Glowing Era : Belle Epoque-Jewellery and Glassware
5 September 2007 ~ 6 January 2008
The museum of Daimaru Shinsaibashi / The museum of Daimaru Kobe /
The museum of Daimaru Tokyo
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PUBLICATION : |
Jeweled Garden
COLORFUL HISTORY OF GEMS,
JEWELS, AND NATURE
Suzanne Tennebaum and Janet Zapata |
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<Description>
The narrow bandeau, outlined in bluish green enamel, tapering towards the back is divided into six hinged panels each filled with a green enamel clover leaf pattern standing out against a pave-set diamond ground, with a rectangular cut aquamarine between. Georges Fouquet (1862-1957), Paris, c.1910.
<Commentary>
This wreath of green leaves enclosed within the simplified outline of the bandeau illustrates Georges Fouquet’s Art Nouveau alternative to mainstream diamond ornaments for the head. Like these, this bandeau would be worn with feathers at a formal evening event. Known as “The Father of the Aquamarine”, Fouquet has put his personal stamp on the design by the lavish use of aquamarines, his favourite stones. This elegant design was illustrated by the magazine Femina (1912) who considered it well suited to the more natural looking flatter hair styles which were replacing the tall padded Pompadour coiffure.
Diana Scarisbrick |
