Chatelaine
Jewellery
Inventory number
2018.9.20.3.JW.OT.C1860.FRAuthor:
Henri MOINEL (French, 19th century)Attribution:
A. Latry & Cie, Paris (French, 1859 - ?)Description
Chatelaine with suspended watches (by Henri MOINEL), a remontoire and a seal with "H.E" initials surmounted by an earldom crown, decorated with a diamond shaped medallion with lily flower.This chatelaine in "Bois Durci", was probably bought by the watchmaker Henri MOINEL whose workshop was in the Royal Palace neighboring with the A. LATRY & Company, whose shop was situated at the Marais district. Such collaboration was in order to create a small fashion object, considered for the time as extremely luxurious. These small objects, very successful during the second half of the 19th century, were formerly called "articles of Paris" in order to give a name more charming than "Proteinoplast", which was invented by François Charles LEPAGE and composed of blood mixed with sawdust (in this case certainly some rosewood which gives this characteristic red-brown hue).
Materials
GlassMetal
Bois Durci
Enamel
Origin
circa 1860 Paris, FranceDimensions
Length : 7 cmHeight : 16 cm