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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Bracelet

1929 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Son and grandson of famous Parisian jewellers, Jean Fouquet designed highly innovatory jewels for his father's firm from 1925 to the 1930s, when it became a victim of the Depression. Simplicity and clear geometric shapes, enhanced by materials chosen for their colours and textures, are central to his designs. Luminous colours in contrasting combinations were favoured. 'Jewels', he declared, 'must be composed of forms legible from a distance, the miniature is detestable'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold with malachite and black lacquer
Brief description
Bracelet, gold with malachite and black lacquer, designed and made by Jean Fouquet, Paris, about 1929.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.5cm
  • Width: 19cm
  • Depth: 0.8cm
Style
Credit line
Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patricia V. Goldstein
Summary
Son and grandson of famous Parisian jewellers, Jean Fouquet designed highly innovatory jewels for his father's firm from 1925 to the 1930s, when it became a victim of the Depression. Simplicity and clear geometric shapes, enhanced by materials chosen for their colours and textures, are central to his designs. Luminous colours in contrasting combinations were favoured. 'Jewels', he declared, 'must be composed of forms legible from a distance, the miniature is detestable'.
Other numbers
  • LOAN:AMERICANFRIENDS127.-2003 - Previous loan number
  • 83 - Goldstein Collection number
Collection
Accession number
M.118-2007

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Record createdApril 21, 2008
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