The Independent - London, April 21st, 1997
Line Vautrin's ravishing costume jewels and sculpted objets are the epitome of Parisian Neo-Romantic chic.
Made largely in the Forties and Fifties, of resins, glass and bronze, Vautrin's creations do not belong to any of the traditional genres of jewellery, even of "costume jewellery". They are little miracles of inventiveness, of subtle skill and endless experimentation; delight in materials allied to a love of the primitive, of repeated motifs, patterns and elements recalling ancient inscribed tablets, hieroglyphics and pictographs.
Born in 1913 into a family of metal founders, even as a s...
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