LINE VAUTRIN | Soleil à pointes n. 2 convex mirror

circa 1955talosel and mirrored glassSigned LINE VAUTRIN.XII on the reverse

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

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