Pair of Egyptian-inspired silver friezes, Art Deco, ca. 1930.

Pair of Egyptian-inspired silver friezes, Art Deco period, ca. 1930.
Chiseled and embossed silver.
Conceived as an integral part of a piece of Art Deco furniture.
Weight: 1000g.
Measurements: 5,5 x 40 cm.
Set of two ornamental friezes made in silver, conceived as an integral part of an Art Deco piece of furniture.
an integral part of an Art Deco piece of furniture circa 1930. Each piece is richly decorated
decorated with motifs of clear Pharaonic inspiration, a reflection of the Egyptomania
that permeated the decorative arts after the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
One of the friezes presents a succession of Egyptian divinities (Isis, Horus,
Thot, Anubis, Hathor, among others) together with characteristic attributes and hieroglyphs.
The second frieze is decorated with a series of hieroglyphic cartouches arranged in a row, evoking the
arranged in a row, evoking monumental inscriptions.
These are pieces of great decorative value, reflecting a taste for the exotic and archaeological in the stylized language of the
and archaeological within the stylized and geometric language of Art Deco.