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Source Description
The Art Nouveau plique-à-jour enamel portrays two swans floating on a pond amidst water lilies. The sun is setting behind some trees. However, the gilt bronze handle is Louis XVI revival rather than Art Nouveau in style. The composition of the openwork handle includes five circles of diminishing size and a ribbon bow at one end and a suspension- ring at the other.The mirror comes with a fitted green Moroccan leather case tooled with neoclassical motifs and bears the label Lubin Paris. Pierre François Lubin founded a perfume house in Paris in 1798, which continues to operate today. In addition to perfume, the firm sold toilette accessories such as this mirror.
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Document identity
localId
82348
label
Hand Mirror
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
82348
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Hand Mirror
description
The Art Nouveau plique-à-jour enamel portrays two swans floating on a pond amidst water lilies. The sun is setting behind some trees. However, the gilt bronze handle is Louis XVI revival rather than Art Nouveau in style. The composition of the openwork handle includes five circles of diminishing size and a ribbon bow at one end and a suspension- ring at the other.The mirror comes with a fitted green Moroccan leather case tooled with neoclassical motifs and bears the label Lubin Paris. Pierre François Lubin founded a perfume house in Paris in 1798, which continues to operate today. In addition to perfume, the firm sold toilette accessories such as this mirror.
provenance
Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., December 5, 1977, by purchase [from Leo Kaplan, as by André Fernand Thesmar, 1845-1912]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
date
ca. 1900-1905
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
mirrors
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
19
height
8.4
depth
0.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 1/2 x W: 3 5/16 x D: 1/4 in. (19 x 8.4 x 0.7 cm)
Source extras
med
gilded bronze, plique-à-jour enamel
creator_ids
6229
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
type
photo
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02bb84ad59502ec2
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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f0cc6e926480ff65
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no
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no