Sauterelles Vase by René Lalique
About the Item
- Creator:René Lalique (Maker)
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- Dimensions:Height: 10.63 in (27 cm)Diameter: 9.85 in (25 cm)
- Style:Art Deco (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:1920
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Autonomous City Buenos Aires, AR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU7304235929782
Bacchantes Vase
Sensual and sophisticated, the Bacchantes vase was, in effect, an opportunity for René Lalique (1860–1945) to show off his technical mastery of glass design, as its elaborate detail and realistic portrayal of movement are extremely difficult to accomplish in the medium.
Lalique, whose work considerably influenced both the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements, was a goldsmith and jewelry designer for the likes of Paris-based luxury house Cartier before settling on his true passion in the early 1900s: glass. He opened his eponymous glassworks in 1909 in a suburb of Paris, where he created sculptural works, such as the Bacchantes, in smoky amber and clear glass.
Long fascinated by the female form, Lalique frequently used mythological women as his subjects. On the Bacchantes vase, nude women encircle the vessel, dancing around its rim. The figures are Bacchantes — mortal women of Greek mythology who worshipped Bacchus, the Roman name given to Dionysus, the Greek god of wine-making, pleasure and fertility. These priestesses of Bacchus performed wild, often erotic dances, so Lalique’s subject choice is enticing as well as bold given the aforementioned complexities of depicting movement in glass design.
The Bacchantes vase was first produced in glass in 1927 but has been made of crystal since 1947. It requires a staggering 30 hours to complete at Lalique’s factory in Alsace, beginning with a mold and ending with the intricate bas-relief of the finished product. Today the Bacchantes vase is still manufactured by Lalique, nearly 100 years after its debut. The piece remains one of the company’s best-selling designs.
René Lalique
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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