Lily of the Valley Comb

Cleveland Museum of Art

Lily of the Valley Comb

René LaliqueLinkedCulture matchlcp-497b0ce1f828

Date
c. 1900
Medium
horn, enamel and gold
Culture
France, early 20th Century
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
150488

This comb was purchased by Cleveland native Jeptha Homer Wade II from Lalique after admiring the designer's work at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, probably for his wife Ellen Garretson Wade. Pearlescent horn forms the leaves of the lily of the valley, out of which the delicate, bell-shaped enamel flowers emerge. Lalique valued the use of horn for its transparent qualities and natural color.

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Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry

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