Blue Rhinestone Fan Shaped Hair Comb

Ref: DE-1208-009

This is a very beautiful and elaborate Art Deco hair comb in the classic design of the unfurled fan. The radiating lines, which are thickly encrusted with sapphire blue rhinestones, form the spokes of the fan while the panels of delicate openwork set between represent the leaf. The design is topped off by a series of rhinestone encrusted disks.

Picture 9 is taken from a contemporary French fashion magazine called EROS and shows a model wearing a similar oversized hair comb at a jaunty angle. There is one rhinestone missing on the right of the heading.

The comb has also been repaired at some time in the past by stabilising two of the roundels on the edge. This is only visible from the back.

Size: 7 x 7½ ins; (approx 18 x 19 cms)

£65.00

Green Celluloid Overlay Rhinestone Hair Comb

Ref: DE-1208-010

Another pretty comb made by the celluloid overlay process, this time with a glossy upper shell of sage green applied over a pale apple juice colour. The latter shows on the edges of the design and the tips of the tines. The scalloped radiating panels, which resemble leaves, are accentuated by emerald green rhinestones.

This is a very wearable hair comb of a more modest size favoured by women who did not wish to wear the huge mantilla like ornaments of the mid 1920s.

The final picture is taken from an advertisement in a British magazine of 1923 and shows a model with a large Spanish style comb worn in asymmetric fashion.

Size: 3¼ x 5 ins; (approx 8 x 12.5 cms)

£35.00

Faux Tortoiseshell Tiara Style Hair Comb

Ref: DE-0911-020

This is one of the more unusual comb types of the later Art Deco period. The tines are set at right angles to the heading so that when the ornament is placed in the hair it gives the upstanding effect of a tiara. Hence these types are often known as tiara or diadem combs. This one is made in celluloid faux tortoiseshell and the effect in wear can be seen on the pictures with the mannequin.

Size: 7 x 3 ins; (approx 18 x 7.5 cms)

£40.00