Vine with Masks and Figures

Designer Léon Victor Solon
Manufacturer Thomas Wardle & Co.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 556

Gnarled tendrils supporting androgynous figures, solemn nude boys, and fierce masks mix historic and modern in a superbly ethereal Art Nouveau style, designed to speak to the period’s fairytale tastes by Franco-British ceramicist Solon.

Vine with Masks and Figures, Léon Victor Solon (1872–1957), Printed silk, British, Leek

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