Comb in the form of two dragonflies
Also titled Haarkam in de vorm van twee libellen
Lucien Gaillard (Paris, 1861–1942)
c. 1904
- Medium
- emerald (mineral), citrine, gold (metal), email, horn (animal material), diamond (mineral)
- Classification
- comb
- Dimensions
- height 11.2 cm x width 15.4 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Helios Houdstermaatschappij
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Forms derived from nature were an important source of inspiration around 1900. Gaillard’s astonishing technical virtuosity is demonstrated in his jewels with lifelike insects. For instance, he made parts of the dragonflies’ wings in plique-à-jour, a vitreous enamelling technique, in which the enamel is not applied to a metal base, but rather set in a gossamer thin wire framework.
