The career of the famed jewelry designer, glassmaker and decorative artist René Lalique spanned decades and artistic styles. Best known today for his works in glass, Lalique first won recognition for his jewelry. He was described as the inventor of modern jewelry by the French artist and designer Émile Gallé, and his luxurious naturalistic designs helped define the Art Nouveau movement. Later as a glassmaker in the 1920s and ‘30s, Lalique designed vases, clocks, chandeliers and even car hood ornaments that were the essence of Art Deco chic. Even now, the name Lalique continues to be a byword for a graceful, gracious and distinctively French brand of sophistication.
Born in 1860 in the Marne region of France, Lalique began his career as a jewelry designer in the last decades of the 19th century. His work employed now-classic Art Nouveau themes and motifs: flowing, organic lines; forms based on animals, insects and flowers — all rendered in luxurious materials such as ivory, enamel, gold and semi-precious stones. By 1905, Lalique had begun creating works in glass, and his style began to shift to a cleaner, sharper, smoother, more modern approach suited to his new medium. His Paris shop’s proximity to perfumer François Coty’s led him to experiment with beautiful perfume bottles. He offered the first customized scent bottles, transforming the perfume industry. By the end of the First World War, the artist had fully embraced Art Deco modernity, devoting himself to new industrial techniques of glass production and designs that manifest the sweeping lines and the forms suggestive of speed and movement characteristic of the style. Lalique’s work looked both backward and forward in time: embracing ancient mythological themes even as it celebrated modern progress.
Late in his career, Lalique took on high profile luxury interior design projects in Paris, Tokyo and elsewhere. He designed decorative fixtures and lighting for the interior of the luxury liner Normandie in 1935, and decorated the salons of well-known fashion designer Madeleine Vionnet. Today, Lalique’s influence is as relevant as it was when he opened his first jewelry shop in 1890. In a modern or even a traditional décor, as you will see from the objects offered on these pages, the work of René Lalique provides the stamp of savoir-faire.
Lalique, "Fréjus" Carafe, 1960s France
By Lalique
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb Lalique France "Fréjus" carafe with twisted handle decorations. 2 available. In excellent condition. Signed Lalique France Dimensions in cm (H x W x D): 24 x 16 x 12.9 Se...
Crystal
Lalique, "St-Hubert" Decanter, France 1980s
By Lalique
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful St-Hubert decanter by the Lalique Maison. Stopper with decorations of oak tree leaf. Signed Lalique France. In very good condition. Secure shipping. The Lalique Maison was created by René Lalique who was one of the greatest artists of his time, whether as a jeweler or master glassmaker. He marked the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods with his unique style. Lalique is recognized as one of the most important jewelry designers and glass maker of the French Art Nouveau period, creating innovative pieces for Samuel Bing's new store in Paris, Maison de l'Art Nouveau. He began exhibiting his work under his own name as early as 1894, notably at the Salon des artistes français, 1897 and 1898. The great glassmaker Émile Gallé discovered him at the first one and praised him highly. His Stand at the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris was a great success. While keeping sources of inspiration from the Art Nouveau woman, fauna and flora - including the peacock, various insects and sometimes a fantastic bestiary - he innovated by using materials barely used for jewelry at the time: glass, enamel, leather, Horn, mother of pearl, often preferring semi-precious stones to precious stones. The introduction of volume in jewelry is facilitated by his knowledge in modeling. He designed his models, having them made by a team of chisellers, sculptors and enamellers that he carefully recruited. Many women from the nobility, the bourgeoisie and the entertainment world began to wear his extraordinary jewelry, such as the Marquise Arconati-Visconti, the Countess of Béarn, Madame Waldeck-Rousseau, and Sarah Bernhardt, for whom he created a stage costume in 1902 for the revival of the play Théodora at the Sarah-Bernhardt Theater. Lalique was the only modern artist whose client and friend Calouste Gulbenkian became. Gulbenkian acquired the famous Pectoral à la libellule (circa 1897-1898), a masterpiece much admired at the 1900 World's Fair, which he lent to the tragedienne Sarah Bernhardt. After the end of the First World War, Lalique's colorful and fantastic jewelry were no longer in fashion. The creator sensed this and decided to convert to the Art Deco style through glassware in 1920. Thus, the neo-classical and geometric Art Deco replaces Art Nouveau. According to Olivier Mauny, former CEO of Lalique, his creations paved the way for an industrialization of art objects, because one of the best ways to include luxury and aesthetics in everyday life is to make everyday objects. He will create many objects such as vases, cups, candlesticks, perfume bottles, radiator caps for the Citroën 5CV (1925), decorations for the restaurant cars of the Côte d'Azur Pullman Express (1929), decorations for the dining room of the first class of the Normandie liner...
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Lalique, "Langeais" Decanter, France 1990s
By Marc Lalique, Lalique
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful Lalique "Langeais" decanter. Dimensions in cm ( H x D ) : 24.5 X 12.5 Secure shipping. This model was created by Marc Lalique in 1976. The Langeais service is inspired b...
Crystal
Daum France, Carafe, 1980s
By Daum
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful Daum France carafe. Handle in glass paste of green and yellow hues and decorations of foliage and berries. Body in Daum Crystal. Signed Daum Fr...
Crystal
René Lalique, Oleron Vase, France 1927
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb "Oleron" René Lalique bijoux vase. Spherical vase with a concave base, short truncated conical neck, and flat rim, featuring a design of intertwined fish standing out against ...
Glass
Lalique France, "Clos-Vougeot" Decanter, 1970s
By Lalique
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb Lalique France "Clos-Vougeot" decanter, France 1970s. In excellent condition. Dimensions in cm ( H x D ) : 29 x 13 Secure shipping.
Crystal
René Lalique Blidah Opalescent Glass Pitcher, Art Deco, France, circa 1931
By René Lalique
Located in Lisbon, PT
An elegant René Lalique “Blidah” glass pitcher, model No. 3177, created in France during the Art Deco period, circa 1931. Designed as an orangeade pitcher, the Blidah model combines...
Crystal
R. Lalique Molded Glass Decanter in the 'Selestat' Pattern
By René Lalique
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
R. Lalique molded glass decanter in the 'Selestat' pattern. Of colorless glass with applied black glass band, undersides with molded R. Lalique. Literature: Felix Marcilhac Reference...
Glass
Rene Lalique Glass 'Six Tetes' Decanter
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique clear and frosted glass Six Tetes decanter. This pattern features six heads around the neck. Each has a different expression. There is a clear glass pattern running down...
Glass
Lalique Crystal Phalsbourg Decanter
By René Lalique
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Lalique crystal Phalsbourg pattern Decanter, France - circa 1980s In the Art Nouveau style, a tear-drop shaped transparent bottle with an elongated floral pattern stopper finishe...
Crystal
Seguso Corroso Murano Glass Water Jug, Italy 1930s
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Milan, IT
Seguso Corroso Murano Glass Water Jug, Italy 1930s
Murano Glass
Art Nouveau Cut Glass Carafe With Silver Mount, by Robert Macher, Vienna 1900
By Viennese Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau clear glass carafe with conical body, finely cut feather leaf tendrils spiraling up from the lower rim, cut ground star, smooth silver mount with J-shaped, curved handle,...
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