Artist: René Jules Lalique
Date: 1886
Museum: Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Lisboa, Portugal)
Technique: Silver
Lalique exhibited this piece, his first to use ivory, in the Sculpture Section of the Salon of the Society of French Artists in 1894. The suggestion to do so may have come from his friend, the actress Sarah Bernhardt, who also exhibited some of her sculptures there.The large cover in green morocco was designed to hold musical scores. The decoration of the front consists of a large ivory plaque – signed by Lalique in the bottom right corner – with low relief sculpting depicting a cavalcade of Valkyries. This uses the same
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