WOLFERS, Philippe
(b. 1858, Bruxelles, d. 1929, Bruxelles)

Dragonfly (pendant)

1902-03
Gold, vitreous enamel, diamond, opal, 12 x 13 cm
Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels

This object can be worn as a brooch or on a chain.

Philippe Wolfers made rarities in which the border between sculpture and appliance, art and handiwork was blurred - a pure luxury art of brilliant technique, in which the object becomes just a medium for symbolic contents.




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