Art Nouveau ring with window enamel and bouton pearl

Ring with light gray and ivory colored window enamel and an eggplant colored natural pearl. Inscription: CJ 21-3-20. Signed: Follot. Ring size 17 1/4.

France, circa 1910

In 1901, Paris-born designer Paul Follot joined La Maison Moderne in Paris where he designed bronzes, jewelry and fabrics. By 1904 he had become an independent artist, after which he began to search for architectures quietes ('quiet architecture') through the use of beautiful and rare materials, refined techniques and harmonious and balanced forms in what would later become the Art Deco style. He rejected mass production art in favor of the aristocratic tradition of luxury. We are proud to have this ring signed by him.