λ AN ITALIAN SILVERED PELICAN BY GABRIELLA CRESPI, CIRCA 1970-1974
λ AN ITALIAN SILVERED PELICAN BY GABRIELLA CRESPI
CIRCA 1970-1974
With a hand blown glass egg body, signed to plaque attached to the underside, possibly by Barvier and Tosso
10.5cm high
Gabriella Crespi (1922-2017) was an Italian artist who worked with furniture, sculpture and jewellery. She began designing in the 1950s with her first objects being steel moon sculptures titled the 'Small Lune Collection'. In the 1960s Maison Dior commissioned Crespi to design for their gifts, home decor and dining departments. During the 70s and 80s, Crespi started her 'Plurimi' furniture series and also created the 'Animali collections', sculptures of animals using the lost wax process and mixing fantasy and the natural world.
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λ AN ITALIAN SILVERED PELICAN BY GABRIELLA CRESPI
CIRCA 1970-1974
With a hand blown glass egg body, signed to plaque attached to the underside, possibly by Barvier and Tosso
10.5cm high
Gabriella Crespi (1922-2017) was an Italian artist who worked with furniture, sculpture and jewellery. She began designing in the 1950s with her first objects being steel moon sculptures titled the 'Small Lune Collection'. In the 1960s Maison Dior commissioned Crespi to design for their gifts, home decor and dining departments. During the 70s and 80s, Crespi started her 'Plurimi' furniture series and also created the 'Animali collections', sculptures of animals using the lost wax process and mixing fantasy and the natural world.
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