“Trianon” or “Les pavés du roi”, silvered bronze compact by Line Vautrin.
Silver-plated bronze compact depicting the cobblestones of the Château de Versailles. On the upper part, a hinged powder compartment box recalling the facade of the Trianon.
The interior of the compact retains its original mirror and powder screen.
« (…) a visit to Versailles brought to my mind the multiplication of the paving stones. Being a woman, I felt them strongly in my balance, if I may say so, because they were bulging and irregular, and I was wearing small heels. I made a box of them: ‘Les pavés du roi’, with an adjoining Petit Trianon, which constitutes a small blush box, articulated to the first one. »
Line Vautrin (‘Les objets de poésie de Line Vautrin’, Art et Industrie, XII, 1948, p. 38)
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You should know
Lit. : Line Vautrin, Poesie in Metall», collection Anne Bokelberg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hambourg, 16 avril-29 juin 2003, exhibition catalogue, pp. 67 et 73.
Stamped “LINE VAUTRIN” on the reverse, and also marked with the initials “L.V.”
Good condition. Patina of use to the gilding and on the mirror.
Specifications
- Period
- circa 1945 - 1950
- Dimensions
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Height: 25/64 in. (1 cm)
Width: 2 19/32 in. (6,6 cm)
Depth: 4 21/64 in. (11 cm)