The best collection of lalique jewellery outside of the Lalique company
Is almost certainly the collection of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
This collection includes both the collected pieces and those commissioned by
Calouste Gulbenkian himself.
I was quite disappointed with the Lalique on view – in fact although there were lots of Art Nouveau Glass from Daum and other glassmakers, there was none on display from Lalique .
Rene Lalique made a beautiful Gold necklace for this second Wife (Augustine-Alice Ledru) and this necklace is on display at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
If you are a serious collector or dealer in Lalique then good reference Lalique books and catalogues are really the only way to become a specialist without visiting many museums and collections.
When we think of Art Nouveau Jewellery or Art Nouveau Glass the first name that comes to mind
is Rene Lalique.