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Lorgnette (face–à-main)
Also titled Opvouwbare bril (face–à-main)
c. 1900 - c. 1910
- Medium
- gold (metal), diamond (mineral), glass
- Classification
- lorgnet
- Dimensions
- height 12.7 cm x width 3.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Around 1900 French fashion set the tone everywhere. In the United States, large jewellery houses, such as Tiffany & Co. in New York, were instrumental in disseminating it. Not only did they sell French wares, they also had objects designed locally that emulated the form and decoration of French models. A typical example is this lorgnette, which, when folded, looks like an iris in bloom.
