Jean DUNAND, Paris
1925-30s
"Girafe" jewelry set
Turquoise an black Oreum jewelry set
Two necklaces and two bracelets
Each piece signed, one bracelet and one necklace engraved Oreum, with silversmith's hallmark
Necklace diameters: 14,4 and 12,1 cm - bracelets: 6,6 and 6 cm
Case signed (posterior)
Oreum is an alloy imitating gold, created in 1922 by the Oreum company.
Bibliography: "Jean Dunand: His Life and Works" by Félix Marcilhac, Ed. Abrams, New York 1991, page 96, pl. 76 and page 275, n° 678
"Art Deco Jewelry: Modernist Masterworks and their Makers" by Laurence Mouillefarine and Evelyne Possemé, Ed. Thames & Hudson Ltd, London 2009, pp. 140-141
