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A Corsage Ornament of the Dragonfly Age (period plate)
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, 1897 (design study, not a jewel photograph — see flag above)
reproductionpre1931-platerights: pending
The Art Nouveau jewel at full wingspan — enamel iridescence and plique-à-jour light, as the era’s portfolios published it.
Why it matters
For one decade jewelry led all the decorative arts; the plates kept the proof.
Notice
The enamel’s translucence rendered in stipple — printers chasing what only light does.
Meaning
Nature, promoted to treasure.
Source
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, L’Animal dans la Décoration, Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1897 (NYPL Digital Collections) view source ↗
Material
gold, enamel, colored-stone
Rights: PENDING. A named source is not the same as registry clearance. Basis on file: PD-pre1931. Shown for this preview only; not offered for sale.
The Art Nouveau Jewel