Brooch
Designer: Jean Fouquet (French, 1899-1984)
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
3 1/16 x 2 7/16 x 12/32 in. (7.8 x 6.2 x 0.9 mm)
Medium: white and yellow gold, onyx, lacquer, rock crystal and brilliant-cut diamonds
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. George M. Jones, Jr. Fund
Object number: 1999.4
Label Text:With its abstract geometric design resembling a city skyline and combination of precious and semi-precious materials, this brooch is considered one of the most important examples of Art Deco jewelry. It was displayed at the Paris Exposition Internationale in 1925. The object’s size attests to Jean Fouquet’s conception of jewelry as sculpture and his belief that “the miniature is detestable.”
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