‘Crab’ Ring
Also titled Ring in de vorm van een krab
Lucien Gaillard (Paris, 1861–1942)
c. 1905 - c. 1906
- Medium
- pearl, gold (metal)
- Classification
- ring (sieraad)
- Dimensions
- diameter 17 mm x weight 11.2 g
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Corrie Bleekemolen Juwelenfonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
Lucien Gaillard was one of the leading French Art Nouveau jewellery artists. In terms of its shape, the powerful simplicity of this solid cast gold ring is typical of Gaillard’s nature-inspired designs. The pale pink natural pearl is pinched between the crab’s claws.
