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Album

1808-1917 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a ladies' hair clip by Leon Auguste Pageot known as 'Auguste' Pageot (born in Pontailler-sur-Seine, France) and died in action in the First World War at Arras France in 1917). Pageot trained as a jewellery designer. In 1908, he won a competition to work in London. His designs for the royal cipher for King George V can still be seen on some British post boxes, for example, at Bembridge Post Office, Isle of Wight. In addition, he designed the badge for the Royal Flying Corps that became the Royal Air Force.

Pageot was a freelance jewellery designer apparently working for jewellers such as Cartier in London. His work is important to jewellery history because the brief period when he worked can be pinpointed to 1908 and his untimely death in 1917. His high quality and prolific output of designs thus provide a valuable record of design from 1908 to 1917.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
pencil
Brief description
Design for jewellery from an album of designs by August Pageot, London, 1908-1917
Physical description
Small rectangular piece of brown paper with the corners removed on which has been drawn a long, thin, jewel-like object with circular, stylised floral details in varying sizes, but symmetrically placed. At either end two thin rod-like structures protrude
Dimensions
  • Width: 7cm
  • Height: 3cm
Credit line
Given by the descendants of Auguste Pageot, Henri Pageot, Marianne Pratt, Jeanette Vazquez and Christine Johnson
Subject depicted
Summary
Design for a ladies' hair clip by Leon Auguste Pageot known as 'Auguste' Pageot (born in Pontailler-sur-Seine, France) and died in action in the First World War at Arras France in 1917). Pageot trained as a jewellery designer. In 1908, he won a competition to work in London. His designs for the royal cipher for King George V can still be seen on some British post boxes, for example, at Bembridge Post Office, Isle of Wight. In addition, he designed the badge for the Royal Flying Corps that became the Royal Air Force.

Pageot was a freelance jewellery designer apparently working for jewellers such as Cartier in London. His work is important to jewellery history because the brief period when he worked can be pinpointed to 1908 and his untimely death in 1917. His high quality and prolific output of designs thus provide a valuable record of design from 1908 to 1917.
Collection
Accession number
E.1357:1418-2010

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Record createdFebruary 1, 2011
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