Scandal (bronze relief) and fire basket: Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934). V&A, London.
The bronze relief ('Scandal') and the accompanying fire basket (both 1930) were commissioned by Henry Mond (later the second Lord Melchett) and his second wife Gwen, and formed part of the fashionable Art Deco decoration in their London home (Mulberry House in Smith Square). The design refers to their ménage à trois with the writer Gilbert Cannan. The parrots in the fire basket suggest society gossip.
The marble sculpture on the left is The Bather (1915) by Albert Toft (1862-1949).
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Scandal (bronze relief) and fire basket: Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934). V&A, London.
The bronze relief ('Scandal') and the accompanying fire basket (both 1930) were commissioned by Henry Mond (later the second Lord Melchett) and his second wife Gwen, and formed part of the fashionable Art Deco decoration in their London home (Mulberry House in Smith Square). The design refers to their ménage à trois with the writer Gilbert Cannan. The parrots in the fire basket suggest society gossip.
The marble sculpture on the left is The Bather (1915) by Albert Toft (1862-1949).
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www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/on-disp...