GEORGES FOUQUET

GEORGES FOUQUET
Frill pin
Rose-cut and old-cut diamonds
18k (750) gold
Poinçon de maître Georges Fouquet
Circa 1920
L. : 7.5 cm approx. - Pb. : 10.7 g

A diamond and gold pin, circa 1920, stamped Georges Fouquet

Georges Fouquet
An emblematic figure of Art Nouveau jewelry, Georges Fouquet exhibited at the 1900 Paris and
Paris and 1905 in Liège, where he won a top prize. His Rue Royale boutique, designed by Alphonse Mucha, is reproduced in its original form at the Musée Carnavalet, while many of his pieces are included in major museum collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum and the Petit Palais.