Minneapolis Institute of Art

Plateau from a dresser set

Designer: Jean Dunand

Date

1925–30

Medium

Lacquer on copper, coquille d'oeuf (crushed eggshell)

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

In 1912 Jean Dunand traded his extensive knowledge of metalworking for Seizo Sugawara's well-kept lacquer-working secrets, then parlayed them into an astonishing series of lacquerwork. Dunand's signature style is his use of eggshell lacquer particles of crushed eggshell were painstakingly placed into a fresh lacquer. So successful did this beome that Dunand maintained his own flock of chickns to provide eggshells of suitable quality and color. France, Switzerland, Europe

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