Title: Vanity Case
Date: circa 1930
Location: France, Paris
Materials: gold and platinum, opaque champlevé and basse-taille enamel, mirrored glass, emeralds and diamonds
Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.5 x 5.6 cm
Accession Number: FR 852
Other Notes:
Islamic decorative motifs, possibly derived from manuscript illumination or metalwork, have been freely interpreted to produce a design at some remove from the original source of inspiration. An identical case, made by Gustave Renault for Cartier Paris stock in 1930, was formerly in the Cartier collection.
Bibliography:
Haydn Williams, Enamels of the World: 1700-2000 The Khalili Collections, London 2009, cat. 306, p. 420
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