Juliette de Saint Cyr, ca. 1925, Lacquered wood, eggshell, 23 3/4 x 35 1/8 x 5/8 in. (60.3 x 89.2 x 1.59 cm), Lacquer, Jean Dunand (French (born Switzerland), Lancy 1877–1942 Paris), Attempting to expand the market for natural lacquer products, Dunand experimented with a variety of unorthodox uses for the material, including portraiture, jewelry, and textiles. The sitter for this commissioned portrait, Juliette Schinasi, belonged to a New York family whose fortune came from the production of Turkish cigarettes, and, upon her marriage, she became Marquise Raoul de Saint Cyr
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Juliette de Saint Cyr, ca, 1925, Lacquered wood, eggshell, 23 3/4 x 35 1/8 5/8, 60.3 89.2 1.59 cm, Lacquer, Jean Dunand, French, born Switzerland, Lancy, 1877–1942, Paris, Attempting, expand, market, natural lacquer products, Dunand experimented, variety, unorthodox uses, material, portraiture, jewelry, textiles, sitter, commissioned portrait, Schinasi, New York, family, fortune came, production, Turkish cigarettes, upon, marriage, Marquise Raoul, de, Saint, Cyr
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