LINE VAUTRIN | Soleil à pointes n. 3 convex mirror

circa 1955talosel and mirrored glassSigned LINE VAUTRIN and with the ROI stamp on the reverse

Galerie Jean-David Botella, Paris

René Chavance, "Les Fabricants de glaces et verres présentent le Pavillon Espace", Mobilier et Décoration, April 1958, n°3, p. 34
Line Vautrin et Patrick Mauriès, Line Vautrin, Bijoux et objets, Londres, 1992, p.90
Patrick Mauriès, Line Vautrin, Miroirs, Paris, 2004, pp. 12,15, 21 and 40 for vintage photographs and pp. 70-71 and 114-115

Good overall condition. The stained glass elements presents with scattered hairline cracks, visible on the catalogue illustration and with some very tiny chips (not visually distractive), all consistent with age and use. There are three losses of stained glass along the inner frame, visible on the catalogue illustration. The stained glass elements presents with oxidation below the glass. There are a few tiny losses of talosel along the points and several talosel elements have been previously restored. The mirrored glass with a few very light surface scratches and a few very rare, tiny and light oxidation spots.
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