Line Vautrin

French artist (1913-1997) who began in the 1930s with gilt bronze jewellery, buttons and boxes rich in wordplay and poetic imagery. From the 1950s she developed Talosel, a cellulose acetate resin inlaid with coloured mirror fragments, which she used for her famous mirrors, including the Soleil à pointes. Collectors seek signed mirrors in good condition, whose delicate material makes them increasingly rare.