Comb
Jewellery
Inventory number
2022.10.28.7.JW.TI.C1900.FR
Description
Yellow celluloid comb, imitating bonde tortoiseshell, with twenty-one teeth and decorated with a golden piece of metal in relief representing a green ribbon tied and adorned with a rhinestone in its center, in the middle of a vegetal motif in curves and against curves accompanies it on both sides. It is part of Versailles revival style in the aesthetics of Art Nouveau period.
Materials
Celluloid
Metal
Rhinestone
Origin
circa 1900
France
Dimensions
Length : 12 cm
Height : 8 cm