1925
Nécessaire
Creation details
- Creation year 1925
- Stone Diamond
- Stone Mother-of-pearl
- Material Enamel
- Material Gold
- Usage Minaudière
- Dimensions 51 × 89 × 13 mm
This 1925 nécessaire illustrates the variety of Art Deco’s iconographic repertory. Its lid is decorated with a panel displaying the taste for the late Middle Ages and Renaissance that typified the 1920s, prolonging a similar historical revivalism initiated in the nineteenth century. This scene in mother-of-pearl marquetry is the work of Vladimir Makovsky. Three knights in armor are featured in a compartmentalized setting separated by engraved yellow gold arcades that form a triptych in relief. The composition is surrounded by a black enamel frame punctuated by four motifs in platinum and diamonds on a blue enamel background.
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