The Wagner Girdle
Girdle
1893-1896 (made)
1893-1896 (made)
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Alexander Fisher designed and produced the Wagner Girdle between 1893 and 1896. It is made of steel set with stones and enamel plaques. The plaques show scenes from Wagner's operas. From left to right they are the death of Tristan, Lohengrin, Siegmund and Siegelinde, the Rhine Maidens, Fafner, Tannhauser, Tristan and Isolde with the love potion.
Fisher was an enameller and teacher who specialised in painted enamel. He revived this type of enamelling after attending lectures given in London in the mid-1880s by Louis Dalpayrat of the Sèvres porcelain factory. He developed his enamelling techniques as a student in Paris. Here he experimented by using layers of different translucent colours, highlighted with glinting strips of metal foil beneath the surface. His work became known in London through the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society and through his teaching.
Fisher was an enameller and teacher who specialised in painted enamel. He revived this type of enamelling after attending lectures given in London in the mid-1880s by Louis Dalpayrat of the Sèvres porcelain factory. He developed his enamelling techniques as a student in Paris. Here he experimented by using layers of different translucent colours, highlighted with glinting strips of metal foil beneath the surface. His work became known in London through the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society and through his teaching.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 8 parts.
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| Title | The Wagner Girdle (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Steel with gold inlay, set with citrines, amethysts, opals, moonstones, coral, stained chalcedony and turquois , and mounted with enamelled plaques |
| Brief description | Girdle, 'The Wagner Girdle', by Alexander Fisher, steel, gold, enamel and gemstones, England, 1893-1896. |
| Physical description | Steel with gold inlay, set with citrines, amethysts, opals, moonstones, coral, stained chalcedony and turquoise and with enamelled plaques depicting scenes from Wagner's operas. Consisting of a belt of eleven links alternately of openwork and set with enamelled plaques. In order to expand the belt to a usable size, extra panels were supplied. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed on the back of the buckle sections with two short quotations from the German libretto of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs O. E. Bostock and Mr Ivan Horniman |
| Object history | Made for Mrs Emslie J. Horniman. |
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| Summary | Alexander Fisher designed and produced the Wagner Girdle between 1893 and 1896. It is made of steel set with stones and enamel plaques. The plaques show scenes from Wagner's operas. From left to right they are the death of Tristan, Lohengrin, Siegmund and Siegelinde, the Rhine Maidens, Fafner, Tannhauser, Tristan and Isolde with the love potion. Fisher was an enameller and teacher who specialised in painted enamel. He revived this type of enamelling after attending lectures given in London in the mid-1880s by Louis Dalpayrat of the Sèvres porcelain factory. He developed his enamelling techniques as a student in Paris. Here he experimented by using layers of different translucent colours, highlighted with glinting strips of metal foil beneath the surface. His work became known in London through the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society and through his teaching. |
| Bibliographic reference | Joyasde del Modernismo Artista a la Vanguardia. Barcelona: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. p. 88, no. 47. ISBN 9788480432252 |
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| Accession number | M.20&:1 to 8-1943 |
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| Record created | January 20, 2003 |
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