Lucien Gaillard

Lucien Gaillard (1861 – 1942, both in Paris, France)[1][2] was a French goldsmith and jeweller, who worked in the art nouveau style.

His grandfather Amédée Alexandre Gaillard (1811-1882) founded a jewellery firm in Paris in 1840, which he then passed on to his son Ernest (1836-1909).

[2] His workshop included artists who travelled from Japan to work in ivory and lacquer.

His workshop produced vases, cane heads, hair combs, pins and pendants as well as more traditional jewellery, often inspired by floral or animal motifs.

[5] Sometimes, when making insect wings, he used a technique called plique-à-jour, where enamel is not applied to a metal base, but rather set in a gossamer thin wire framework to produce the effect of insect wings.

"Moth" Pendant and Box, by Lucien Gaillard, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Perfume bottle, circa 1907-1914. Metropolitan museum of Art, New-York