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Lily of the Valley Comb
c. 1900
René Lalique
René Lalique (French, 1860–1945)
Decorative Art and Design
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 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Lalique, René
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Formatted Medium
- horn, enamel and gold
- Dimensions
- Overall: 15.4 x 9.4 x 3 cm (6 1/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Engraved on side of gold stem: "LALIQUE"
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 1981.49
- Credit Line
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