Historical Design I Margaret de Patta "Abstract" brooch, silver, chrysoprase and carnelian, signed, c. 1945,

Margaret de Patta "Abstract" brooch, silver, chrysoprase and carnelian, signed, c. 1945, Illustrated: Design 1935 - 1965, What Modern Was: Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart collection, 1991
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Margaret de Patta “Abstract” brooch, silver, chrysoprase and carnelian, signed, c. 1945, Illustrated: Design 1935 – 1965, What Modern Was: Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart collection, 1991

MARGARET DE PATTA (1903-1964) USA

Abstract brooch c. 1945

Sterling with both a smooth finish and a textured surface in a biomorphic design set with rondels of chrysoprase and carnelian

Marks: De Patta chevron insignia, STERLING

Illustrated: Design 1935 – 1965, What Modern Was: selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart collection ed. Martin Eidelberg, (Montreal/New York: Le Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Montréal/Harry N. Abrams, 1991), p. 100, illus. 130.

Related designs illustrated: The Jewelry of Margaret de Patta: A Retrospective Exhibition, Oakes Gallery and The Oakland Museum (Oakland, Calif.: 1979); Messengers of Modernism: American Studio Jewelry 1940-1960, ed. Martin Eidelberg, (Montreal: The Lake St. Louis Historical Society, 1996).

L: 3 1/4”

Categories: Jewelry, Silver & Art Jewelry. Tags: 1940's, Abstract, bakelite, Black, bow, brooch, c. 1945, Costume, Jewelry, Margaret de Patta.

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Marks: P. FOLLOT, French swan mark (silver standard mark for small objects)

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In the Late 1890’s, Follot studied under graphic designer Eugène Grasset at the Ecole Normale d’Enseignement du Dessin in Paris and later succeeded Grasset in that post. From 1901 to 1904, he designed metalwork, jewelry and textiles for La Maison Moderne, art critic Julius Meier-Graefe’s gallery in Paris. He became director of the interior design studio Pomone of the Paris department store Le Bon Marché in 1923, introducing the Art Deco style into many middle-class home.

Margaret de Patta “Abstract” brooch, silver, chrysoprase and carnelian, signed, c. 1945, Illustrated: Design 1935 – 1965, What Modern Was: Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart collection, 1991

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