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Source Description
This comb was purchased by Cleveland native Jeptha Homer Wade II from Lalique after admiring the designer's work at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, probably for his wife Ellen Garretson Wade. Pearlescent horn forms the leaves of the lily of the valley, out of which the delicate, bell-shaped enamel flowers emerge.
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Document identity
localId
150488
label
Lily of the Valley Comb
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1
Source metadata
id
150488
contentType
object
title
Lily of the Valley Comb
description
This comb was purchased by Cleveland native Jeptha Homer Wade II from Lalique after admiring the designer's work at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, probably for his wife Ellen Garretson Wade. Pearlescent horn forms the leaves of the lily of the valley, out of which the delicate, bell-shaped enamel flowers emerge.
date
c. 1900
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60749031
creators
8607
genreSpecific
Jewelry
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 15.4 x 9.4 x 3 cm (6 1/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
cul
France, early 20th Century
accession
1981.49
Source extras
tec
horn, enamel and gold
tombstone
Lily of the Valley Comb, c. 1900. René Lalique (French, 1860–1945). Horn, enamel and gold; overall: 15.4 x 9.4 x 3 cm (6 1/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1981.49
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
Engraved on side of gold stem: "LALIQUE"
didYouKnow
Lalique valued the use of horn for its transparent qualities and natural color.
citations
citation
Lalique, René, Yvonne Brunhammer, and Sigrid Barten.<em> The Jewels of Lalique</em>. New York: Flammarion, 1998.
page_number
p. 26, cat. no. 71
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1981.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 69, no. 2 (February 1982): 39–82.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 57; Mentioned: p. 79, no. 41
citation
Harrison, Stephen, Emmanuel Ducamp, Jeannine J Falino. <em>Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2008.
page_number
Reproduced: P. 258; Mentioned: P. 334, no. 162
creditline
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
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2026-05-29 07:45:51.909000
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150488
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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horn, enamel and gold
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male
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