Gilt Bronze Papillon Collar Necklace, Claude Lalanne

The necklace in two part form, with hinge to back and each side terminating in a butterfly wing, with a hook clasp, signed and with indiscernible mark.

Approximately 15 in.

Claude Lalanne (Paris, 1925–Fontainebleau, 2019) was a French sculptor and designer known for botanically derived forms realized through molding, impression, and electroplating; she studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts and the École des Arts Décoratifs and, from the 1960s, worked with her husband as Les Lalanne, with early commissions from Yves Saint Laurent; her work spans functional objects including furniture, mirrors, and jewelery and is held by institutions such as the Cooper Hewitt and the Centre Pompidou.

Good estate condition; some losses to gilding.

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