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Jules Desbois 'Eve' Symbolist Buckle.
Silver.
H 6.90 cm (2.72 in) | W 6.60 cm (2.60 in).
Origin: France, circa 1902.
Marks: Signed 'J. Desbois'.
Case: Fitted Case.
Condition: Very good.
Weight: 37.90 Grams.
Gabriel Mourey wrote in the French section of Jewellery & Fans, Studio Special 1902: 'The jewels of M. Jules Desbois are works of pure sculpture.
His vision, at once broad & delicate, takes the form of beautiful female forms in dreamy or voluptuous attitude, sleeping amid the masses of their abundant hair, against a background of gold, or shell, or whatever the material may be.
Any womanly gesture suffices; and, in truth, what more is needed to make a real work of art in the form of a brooch or a button?
No conventional flowers, no complicated interlacements, nothing "decorative" in the bad sense of the word; yet his work is powerfully and delicately modern. M. Debois' jewels are perfect pieces of sculpture' .
Exhibitions
Museum collections Paris include: The Louvre, Musée d'Orsay, The Petit Palais & the Museum of Modern Art New York.
Literature:
cf. The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Jewellery, Volume I, Alastair Duncan, 1994, p. 186.
Modern Design in Jewellery & Fans, Studio Special 1902, pl.16 & 17, design illustrated pl.18.
Stock number
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