ARTISTIC LUXURY   

Necklace with Insect Women and Black Swans, c. 1900     
René Lalique           
Chased gold, enamel on gold, plique-à-jour enamel, Australian opal, Siberian amethyst  
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985.114 Gift of Lillian Nassau, 1985

Imperial Pansy Egg, 1899       
House of Fabergé, Michael Perkhin, workmaster; Serge Solomko, miniaturist
Nephrite, silver-gilt, enamel, and rose-cut diamonds   
Private Collection

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