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Unsigned Black Celluloid Triangular Art Deco Comb

Ref: AB-1009-018

This striking glossy black celluloid hair comb is unsigned, but is similar to the more modernist influenced shapes which emerged from Maison Bonaz in the late 1920s. The final picture shows an advertisement for the Bonaz atelier of the later 1920s, illustrating the more angular silhouettes which were produced.

Many of these later Art Deco combs are in pure, abstract forms, with little surface ornamentation for a very powerful effect. The strong contrasting shapes – ovals, squares, or oblongs - show a deep appreciation and understanding of the potential of the material.

More extreme ornaments like this example, which were produced under the influence of Art Deco, reflect the qualities of the modernist and futurist art movements, and the aesthetics of the Bauhaus. In Modernism the emphasis was upon the medium, and the process of production, rather than the intrinsic value of the materials, while the Bauhaus was an attempt to combine craftsmanship and high design with mass production.

Size: 8½ x 3 ins (approx 22 x 7.5 cms)

£40.00

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Unsigned Small Green Art Deco Side Comb

Ref: AB-1009-020

Hair combs from the late 1920s and 1930s are comparatively rare, because comparatively few were produced. The boyish shingle, which came into vogue about 1925, sounded the death knell of hair combs as a widely fashionable hair accessory, and they no longer appear in fashion magazines after this date. However, by 1930 many women were again growing their hair, and the fashion writers and hairdressing fraternity were making strenuous efforts to re-introduce the use of hair ornaments.  In this they had some partial success, but few hair accessories as such were produced. Those that do appear are usually small and rather modest.

This pretty little side comb is typical of the small and almost insignificant ornaments which we see in fashion illustrations. For example the final illustration, which is an ad for the combs of Auguste Bonaz, shows the model to be wearing a comb of very similar colour and dimensions.

Size: 1¾ x 2½ ins (approx 4.5 x 6.5 cms)

£20.00

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Large Unsigned White Mantilla Comb with Trellis Design

Ref: AB-1201-017

This ornament is a variation of the Spanish or mantilla comb because it resembles the traditional tortoiseshell ornaments worn by Spanish ladies with their native dress. The production of the opera Carmen led to a fashion for high Spanish style combs in the 1870s. They remained fashionable throughout the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, and into the 1920s.

This one is made in ivory coloured celluloid having a pretty star or possibly flower motif placed against trellis work. The treatment of the flowers and their placement against a latticework background reveals some Chinese influence. Art Deco was an eclectic style which derives influences from many cultures, including the Orient. The comb is therefore intended to be a synthetic ivory substitute.

Size: 7½ x 5½ ins (approx 19 x 14 cms)

£80.00

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