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.
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Art Nouveau 14K Gold Double Pearl Diamond Enamel Ring, France 1920
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This art nouveau ring is pretty special as it has two beautiful pearls in an enamel tulip setting. The enamel is a deep pink that graduates into an orange and then brown. The ename...
Diamond, Pearl, Enamel
GEORGES LE TURCQ Art Nouveau Diamond Pearl Gold Plique-À-Jour Enamel Ring
Located in London, GB
An exceptional Japonisme inspired ring The baroque-shaped natural pearl measuring approximately 11.3 x 7.6 mm. Illustrated in our book: Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sonya Newell-Smith, Tadema Gallery London Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, cat. no. 474 Published as a ring by Georges le Turcq...
Diamond, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold
Vintage Ring Art Nouveau Lady French Enamel Plique-à-jour Glass Circa 1920's
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Circa 1910- 1920 A beautifully crafted art Nouveau ring made out of Enamel and French Plique-à-jour Glass One Diamond The ring features a side profile of a lady. 18k Yello...
18k Gold, Enamel
Art Nouveau Enamel Pearl Diamond Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1910 The 18K gold ring is set with a sparkling old European cut diamond (approximately 0.48 ct) in a platinum milgrain bezel, which is in the center of a four pointed cobalt...
Diamond
Antique 1910 Art Nouveau Pearl Ring - 18k Gold / Platinum
Located in Nicosia, Cyprus
A magnificent witness to the French Art Nouveau era (circa 1910). This antique ring is crafted in 18k yellow gold and platinum, showcasing the organic, flowing lines characteristic of the period. At its center sits a lustrous 5.3mm pearl, beautifully complemented by approximately 0.80 carats of Old European cut diamonds. These diamonds are estimated at F/G color and VS clarity. Remark: Although unsigned, this ring displays stylistic features consistent with the known work of André Rambour...
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Platinum
Art Nouveau Platinum 18K Gold 1.77ctw Pearl Sapphire Diamond Navette Ring
Located in Houston, TX
Gender: Ladies Metal Type: 18K Yellow Gold & 900 Platinum Ring Size: 4.25 Width: 25.50 mm tapering to 13.70 mm Thick: 1.00 mm Weight: 5.10 grams Ladies 18K yellow gold and ...
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Georges le Turcq Art Nouveau Ring
Located in London, GB
Illustrated in our book: Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sonya Newell-Smith, Tadema Gallery London Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, cat. no. 474 Published as a ring by Georges le Turcq...
Diamond, Pearl, Gold
Antique Art Nouveau 18k Gold Ring — Two Pearls & Old-Cut Diamond Circa 1910
Located in Nicosia, Cyprus
Art Nouveau Pearl & Diamond Ring – Circa 1910 A refined Art Nouveau ring, crafted in 18k gold circa 1910, combining pearls and diamonds in a composition of exceptional delicacy. Ope...
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold
Art Nouveau Pearl Diamond Royal Blue Enamel Ring
Located in Napoli, IT
Nature on the Spot This marvelous Art Nouveau period ring is 1905 ca Superbly hand crafted of solid 18 Kt gold Inspired by Nature, with a one off tasteful solitaire design, for a stu...
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Enamel
Art Deco Mabe Pearl, Enamel and Diamond Ring, Attributed Boivin
Located in Riverdale, NY
Lovely Art Deco Mabe Pearl, Enamel and Diamond Ring, Attributed to Rene Boivin from the 1920's. Set in silver with a large domed mabe pearl and stepped design on diamonds running dow...
Diamond, Pearl, Silver, Enamel
Theodor Fahrner Jugendstil Art Nouveau Enamel Gold Brooch
By Fahrner
Located in Idar-Oberstein, DE
A beautiful and rare 18k gold brooch by Theodor Fahrner, in a rectangular gateway design, with a pearl and a red enamelled ring around it in the center, hinged to a diamond-set column and surrounded by curtain-shaped gold work. Theodor Fahrner was the most famous Jugendstil jeweller from Germany. In 1900 he won the Silver Medal for Jewellery at the World Exhibition in Paris, and subsequently led his family's business to new heights during the Jugendstil era...
Diamond, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold, Enamel
Yellow Gold Aquamarine Pearl and Diamond Retro Ring
Located in Idar-Oberstein, DE
A aquamarine, pearl and diamond ring in a floral design in yellow gold from the Retro period, 1940s. The ring centres a big aquamarine, ca. 16 carats and it is accentuated by round b...
Aquamarine, Diamond, Pearl, Yellow Gold
Diamond Pearl and Ruby Oak Leaf and Trefoil Clover Brooch, Art Nouveau, ca 1910s
Located in Idar-Oberstein, DE
A large diamond, pearl and ruby Art Nouveau brooch in platinum and yellow gold, ca. 1910s. It has a beautiful design and with the depiction of an oak leaf and trefoil clover it car...
Diamond, Pearl, Ruby, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Platinum Retro Emerald Cabochon Diamond Ring
Located in Idar-Oberstein, DE
A very chic emerald and diamond ring from the 1940s, centring an important old-mine Colombian emerald of ca. 9 carats and ca. 6 carats of diamonds in four clusters around it. The rin...
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
Star Sapphire Gold Claw Ring
Located in Idar-Oberstein, DE
A very unusual unisex yellow gold ring, designed around a natural star sapphire (ca. 6 ct), which is being clawed by the gold ring. Ring size: 8 (with clamp, so can fit smaller fi...
Star Sapphire, 10k Gold
Van Cleef & Arpels 18K Gold Toi-et-Moi Ring with Diamonds, 1980s
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in Idar-Oberstein, DE
A Van Cleef and Arpels Yellow and White Diamond Toi-et-Moi Ring from the 1980's, in 18 carat gold. The ring follows a curved centre design with eight yellow and eight white diamonds ...
White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
