Sabbeth Princess Collar (Primary Title)
René Lalique, French, 1860 - 1945 (Artist)
René Lalique was one of the foremost jewelry designers of the Art Nouveau movement, creating fantastical works that depict both real and supernatural creatures. Exhibited at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair, this necklace was inspired by Jean Lorrain’s ballet La Princesse au sabbat, performed at the Folies Bergère in 1899 starring Jane Margyl as the main character, Princess Illys. This necklace depicts the story’s antagonist, Plango, a sorceress who torments the princess with a swarm of tree frogs, surrounded by the amphibians while wearing a golden frog crown.
Marked (front, top edge of frog's eye): LALIQUE
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
Displayed at Lalique's booth, World's Fair, Paris, 1900;
"Rene Lalique: Enchanted by Glass," Corning Museum of Glass, May 17- September 16, 2014
Art Nouveau 1890 - 1914, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 30 September 2000 - 28 January 2001
"The Jewels of Lalique," Cooper Hewitt Museum, NYC, Feb 3 - April 12, 1998 (and two other venues);
"Rene Lalique: Enchanted by Glass," Corning Museum of Glass, May 17- September 16, 2014
Art Nouveau 1890 - 1914, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 30 September 2000 - 28 January 2001
"The Jewels of Lalique," Cooper Hewitt Museum, NYC, Feb 3 - April 12, 1998 (and two other venues);
Pol Neveux, Art et Decoration, 1900
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