LINE VAUTRIN (1913–1997) Egg, large format Decorative object. Piece made of beige Talosel, entirely adorned with gold-plated mirror-finish sections that have been shaped and hot-inlaid—the gaps forming a latticework of triangles. 1950s–1960s. Unsigned. Height: 11.5 cm Bibliography and related works: - Line Vautrin and Patrick Mauriès – Line Vautrin: Jewelry and Objects – Thames & Hudson, London, 1992. A Talosel egg appears in a photograph reproduced on page 10. - Patrick Mauriès – Line Vautrin – Le Promeneur & Galerie Chastel-Maréchal, Paris, 2004. Talosel eggs are reproduced on page 24.