Hand Mirror
Frenchca. 1900-1905
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
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.
Details
- Title: Hand Mirror
- Creator: French
- Date Created: ca. 1900-1905
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: French
- 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.
- Object Type: mirrors
- Medium: gilded bronze, plique-à-jour enamel
- Dimensions: H: 7 1/2 x W: 3 5/16 x D: 1/4 in. (19 x 8.4 x 0.7 cm)
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010
- Classification: Enamels
- Accession Number: 44.99
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