LINE VAUTRIN CUFF BRACELET IN BRASS
LINE VAUTRIN BRACCIALE RIGIDO
in ottone, realizzato ad ampia fascia, raffigurante tre citazioni del poema "Le Porche du Mystère de la deuxième vertu" di Charles Péguy, così narranti: "La Foi est une Epouse fidèle. La Charité est une Mère. Une mère ardente (...) L'Espérance est une toute petite fille", suddivise da due figure femminili stanti realizzate a rilievo, firmato "Line Vautrin", dim. cm 6x5x3,5 circa, diam. interno cm 5,5, gr. 25
After brief stints with the couturier Elsa Schiaparelli and a Parisian photography firm, Line Vautrin taught herself metal foundry, and went door-to-door selling her cast jewelry. In 1937 she rented a stand at the Paris International Exposition that attracted enough clientele for her to open a shop in the Rue de Berri. Vautrin started out making jewelry, belts, powder compacts and buttons: At the time, the term for her line of work was parurière (one who makes and sells fashion accessories).
She hit on her signature style, developing a material she coined "talosel", which comprised layers of cellulose acetate that she carved, molded and encrusted with colored mirrored glass. This new material enabled her to expand her repertoire to include larger objects such as the mirrors for which she is best known today. The objects that she created in talosel are unlike any others — original, exuberant modern designs that carry the aura of ancient, time-worn relics.