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Large and Rare Gilt Bronze Box Line Vautrin

Creator: Line Vautrin
Offered by: Tishu

Description
A large gilt bronze poudrier box (power compact) called "Versailles or Les Paves du Roy" (The King's Paving Stone) by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. This impressive work of art features a larger box with the surface of paving stone design that is to contain the powder and small hinged Trianon that is to contain the eye shadow. The interior retain a mirror panel and a powder pad, both appear original. It contains an original pouch "David Gill London" where it was likely purchased. David Gill is an London dealer who worked with Line Vautrin and held her exhibition in his gallery in 1995. Their collaboration brought her international acclaim and culminated in the 1999 ground-breaking exhibition at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris.
Reference: Reference: Patrick Mauries, Line Vautrin Bijoux et Objects (Thames and Hudson, 1992) p98;
"Line Vautrin" by Anne Bokelberg, p67.
An example of this design was sold in Christies's Paris sale 4030 (may 20th, 2015) Un souhait a traverse Paris-Collection Marie-Laure Bonnaud-Vautrin, oeuvres choisies de Line Vautrin lot 374.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	France
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	bronze
Condition:	Good. Fine condition with little wear and patina.
Creation Date:	1940s
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Collectible Design, Mid Century
Patterns:	Abstract, Geometric, Handmade, Modern
Incollect Reference #:	475335

Dimensions

W.	2.5 in;	H.	4.5 in;	D.	0.4 in;
W.	6.35 cm;	H.	11.43 cm;	D.	1.02 cm;

Message from Seller:

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