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Couture 1920s French HandCarved Dogs Hounds Galalith RedPaintedArtPlastic Brooch
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This Art-Deco period French carved, lathe-worked, sculpted and painted red-enameled black galalith figural brooch depicts a pair of long-limbed dogs, which may be wolfhounds, greyhounds or whippets. The stylized design resembles Vogue-published fashion illustrations from the mid-1920s associated with Coco Chanel's revolutionary sleek "little black dresses".
The antique fastens with a brass pin and c-clasp. Unusually, the clasp and hinge are also hand-carved-and-painted galalith, which reveals how much care went in to refining this unique brooch.
In the 1920s, greyhounds, wolfhounds and whippets, which have exceptionally curvy bone structure, were embraced by French sculptors and painters as subjects, while the flowing forms of Art Nouveau transitioned into geometric Art Deco. We encourage you to look at such works by Irenee Rochard, Francois Pompom and Marcel Eduardo-Sandoz.
This brooch is more elegant than any sculpture we have seen of such dogs--a rare art work handmade in an early plastic material. In fact, we would not be surprised if someone was able to find documentation to attribute this as an early work by multi-media artist Irenee Rochard (1906-1984) while in her twenties.
To clarify the true color of the front of the brooch outside of our photography lighting, it is more of a blue-red than orange-red, and more dark than bright. The tone is best captured in our primary image.
- Metal:Brass
- Dimensions:Width: 3 in (76.2 mm)Depth: 0.25 in (6.35 mm)Length: 2.25 in (57.15 mm)
- Style:Art Deco
- Place of Origin:France
- Period:1920-1929
- Date of Manufacture:1925
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Chicago, IL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3244219274632
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