Jun 30, 2008
Rene Beauclair
Bijoux modernes (c. 1900) from a series of Art Nouveau designs by Rene Beauclair. As usual the peacock caught my attention on this page. There’s more by Beauclair at the NYPL Digital Gallery
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Elizabetes Iela 10b, Riga
• The Divine Sarah
• Whistler’s Peacock Room
• Lalique’s dragonflies
• Lucien Gaillard
5 Comments, Comment or Ping
#1 posted by Thombeau
LOVE IT!
Jun 30th, 2008
#2 posted by Nathalie (Spacedlaw)
This reminds me of designs I have seen in Prague, of Alfons Mucha.
He designed some wonderful jewelry for Sarah Bernhardt (I think you mentioned some of the pieces earlier).
Jun 30th, 2008
#3 posted by John
Yes, Mucha is the prince of this kind of design. Some of his jewellery is in the Divine Sarah post linked above. He also made designs for household goods such as cutlery although I don’t know whether any were manufactured.
Jun 30th, 2008
#4 posted by Yvonne
There’s a wonderful Art Nouveau peacock in the bell-tower of a church somewhere in Hampshire.
Jul 1st, 2008
#5 posted by John
Hi Yvonne. I’d love to see that if you find a picture anywhere.
Jul 1st, 2008
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