This was a time when Rene Lalique was mainly a creative and inspired Jeweller who based his designs mainly on naturalistic swirling creations that featured a multitude of plants and creatures - but always with his own original creative twist.

Rene Lalique

You can see Dragonflies with the body and torso of a beautiful young girl and yet with incrediblly lovely dragonfly wings or rings with Egyptian Scarab beetles that have multiple jewelled eyes.

Lalique Art Nouveau dragonfly

Nothing like these had ever been seen before and it was the friendship with Rene Lalique and Actress Sarah Bernhardt that lead to Lalique meeting Calouste Gulbenkian who became his greatest Patron.

Gulbenkian commissioned stunning necklaces,rings and other jewellery that features in many modern museums.

Rene Lalique became the most desired Jeweller in Paris and he listed nobility,actresses,Royalty of Europe among his clients.

Then came his next step... Perfume Bottles

Lalique art nouveau perfume bottle

His Friend François Spoturno ( who was later known as Coty )commisioned a range of exquisite perfume bttles and almost every fashionable woman in Paris needed right - NOW !

This lead to a rush of other perfumiers and a rapid growth of the Lalique Business.

The combination of Lalique designs and glass lead to a further huge growth of the company.

Many of these can be viewed at the Lalique Museum in Wingen sur moder in Northern France or at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris.

The best Collection of Lalique Automobile Hood Ornaments is at the Toyota Collection in Japan.

A superb collection of Rene Jules Lalique Jewellery can be viewed at the Musee Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon Portugal.

The  Museum of Fine aArts is also worth visiting and has an excellent Lalique collection.

Comments are welcome when they relate to Lalique and his glass and jewellery only.

Other comments will not be accepted

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The Most Faked and the most desirable car mascot !

Lalique was really famous for his Car Hood Mascots

Car Mascots by Rene Lalique.

These were designed by Rene lalique in both the Art Nouveau and Art Deco Styles.
The most famous is the Victoire but there are Czech Copies of this car mascot from the original moulds around.The originals are much crisper and are engraved signatures. The copies are with acid etched signatures.

These were either of Glass or a mixture of Bronze and Glass.
Some have been copied by other manufacturers so please ensure the Lalique Signature is on the piece.

Especially popular with collectors are the range of semi-draped or nude ladies and the Eagle Head mascots.

The VICTOIRE ( a ladies head with Flying hair streaming back) is the most sought after car mascot.

Things to look out for - chips and scratches on the glass are not unusual and are a sign sometimes of authenticity as it shows the piece probably was used on a car.
Some pieces have the bronze base removed and have been used as rather classy paperweights - they are more valuable with the base.
Some earlier models were actually also produced as paperweights too.

One of the earliest Car Mascots was Grand Libellule (a dragonfly).
Some but not all were also fitted with a light bulb in the base to make them glow at night. These look gorgeous.Some had a filter compartment so that you could change the colour that the mascot glowed.

Car mascots in coloured glass are fairly rare.
Many were actually produced as paperweights and bookends.
There was a larger market for bookends and paperweights at the time so it was only reasonable to expect Lalique to fill the deamand.

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It was more a way of thinking and designing than slavish copies of a common theme.
naturalistic themes were common but even these were transformed into
dream-like pieces with an air of fantasy and other-worldliness.
Some of the motive forces behind the movement were the leaders in their fields.
Alphonse Mucha for his Art and Posters, Klimt for his gorgeously rich
works of Art, Rene Lalique for his fantastical jewelry and exquisite glassware.
All of these are now household names and highly collectable.
Potters joined in with amazing designs as did silversmiths with curved and flowing jewelry.
RIng,Necklaces and bracelets in Art Nouveau designs became the highly desired pieces of jewelry
that any fashionable lady of the turn of the 19h Century needed to stay in fashion.
Actresses and Royalty took up the style and this filtered down to almost every European and American woman
The main difference was exactly that the designs were SO very different - very strange
and picking up hints of fairyland,mermaid,niads or nymphs were incorporated.
Before all of theses fields were very traditional and mainly unchanged for many years before.
It was the genius of these designers that altered the perception that everyday objects and Jewels did not have to be exactly as nature designed them.

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Interesting Art Nouveau Websites

www.laliqueartnouveau.com  (this site !)

www.nga.gov/feature/nouveau/nouveau.shtm
Feature about a great Art Nouveau Exhibition

www.artchive.com/artchive/art+nouveau.html
Website about Art Nouveau plus Klimt,Aubrey Beardsley and Alphonse Mucha

www.artlex.com
Good examples of Art Nouveau

www.artnouveau-net/eu/
An interesting network detailing Art Nouveau in various cities in Europe

www.senses-artnouveau.com
Good catalogue of reprod art nouveau jewellery

www.artnet.com
Excellent section on Lalique plus art of the Art Nouveau period

www.collectorsweekly.com/art-glass/lalique
All about lalique art glass

www.bbc.co.uk/homes/design/period_artnouveau.shtml
BBC Website with good descriptions of Art Nouveau Glass

http://www.cristallalique.com/

The official website of Lalique (you sholuld preferably have a recent version of Flash to see properly)

http://www.vam.ac.uk/

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London which has some excellent Art Nouveau and Lalique information

http://greatfrenchglass.com/blog/tips-from-an-antiques-market

Excellent article on buying glass at an antiques market

http://greatfrenchglass.com/blog/lalique-copies-and-fakes

Article on How to tell Lalique Copies

http://greatfrenchglass.com/blog/oh-oh-chipped-figurines

How to deal with chipped antique glassware  ( Sister website - with other famous glassmakers)

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A Fascinating man,  Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was born in Istanbul and made a fortune through development of the Middle East Oil Industry.
Apart from his friendship with Lalique, he was also a close friend of the famous actress Sarah Bernhardt.

Pieces in the Collection that particularly caught my eye were :

A Valkyries Score Cover with a carved ivory Plaque in a frame of patinated silver with
stylised Poppies.This piece was exhibited in the Salon of he Society of French Artists
in 1894 and it really is exquisite.Purchased from the Artist in 1901

The Peacock Pectoral.
A stunning piece of jewellery in Gold Diamonds,Opal and enamel.
This is almost certainly one of the most magnificent pieces of Art Nouveau Jewellery
and it features a lovely peacock with deathers enamelled to show peacock colours and
cabochon opals.his Pectoral is a huge piece and really captures the very essence of the spirit of Art Nouveau.

The Female Face Pendant.
A widely known portrait of a very dreamy lady surmounted by large open poppies in the form of a hood.
The very dreamlike face in Moulded Glass is framed in patinated silver and supports a large Baroque Pearl.
There are definite signs of an inspiration from Renaissance jewellery  in this lovely pendant.

Other wonderful pieces in the Calouste Gulbenkiand Foundation incluse
A rather medieval looking Chalice,
A spray of Orchids forming into a diadem,
an incredibly intricate plaque for eagles and pine as a choker,
and a Landscape comb which definitely influenced several othe artists of the time (including Daum and Galle)
It also reflected Rene Laliqes interest in Photography.

To see these and other stunning pieces for yourself,
Please Visit

Museu Calouste Gulbenkian
Address:
Av. de Berna 45A
1067-001 Lisboa Codex
(LISBON PORTGAL)

Here is to be an Art Deco Exhibition in the temporary exhibition gallery
details :
ART DECO
PARIS, 1925
15th October 2009 to- 3rd January 2010
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,
Temporary Exhibition Gallery

Tel: 21 7823000
Fax: 21 7823032
Website :

http://www.museu.gulbenkian.pt/museu.asp?lang=en

Oh - sorry - you just missed it !

There is a small selection of Lalique in the Museum D'Orsay but it is fairly small.

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It is easy to begin collecting Lalique glass, as it has been in constant production since the late 19th century and is still available today. Thousands of pieces and hundreds of designs and objects are available, from small perfume bottles and inexpensive items like bookmarks costing a hundred dollars (or less if you are lucky) to one of a kind lost wax castings from before Rene Lalique expanded to blown glass moulds and pressed glass techniques running in the six figure price range.
Very popular art glass subjects to collect include antique glass,antique glass perfume bottles and art deco glass vases.
Most of these are readily available at reasonable prices.
Glass chandeliers are harder to find but the best place to look is in antique markets in Paris and rural France (where they are usually less costly).
Lalique Cristal is more expensive but of high quality.
Earlier vases tend to be higher in value and lalique art deco vase examples are genuinely more modestly priced.
One of the best places to look is in the Lille (Northern France) antiques market in Early September where you will have an astonishing choice of 14 kilometers of antiques in the city streets to choose from.
Beware though - there are MANY reproductions and outright fakes there as dealers bring goods from all over Europe to sell.

Lalique is both art glass and commercial glass. Thousands of Lalique pieces are perfume bottles as Lalique made the majority of them for many years in France.

You will find Lalique in many places. You can buy new Lalique glass manufactured by Renes granddaughter at many fine department stores and online sites.

As always, when trying to authenticate a piece to add to your growing collection, it is necessary to also own and use a respected collectors guide complete with detailed pictures of marks and variations.

As anyone who watches Antiques Roadshow knows, you do not just go to antique stores and Ebay to find them, but try estate sales and flea markets, garage sales and church rummage sales.

As with something as common as Lalique glass, many current owners of pieces have no idea what they have. Keep up to date with collector groups and other like minded folks so you will know when there are fakes being circulated; often the grapevine in such a setting can save a neophyte collector from getting taken advantage of by unscrupulous dealers.

Above all, enjoy the journey. Many happy hours can be spent in pursuit of that next great find.

As with many types of glass and art deco items, color and finish determine value as much as style and size. A large piece of later frosted Lalique probably will not bring as much as, for example, an early small black floral vase.

Knowing what you are looking at is critical, and the best bet is to see as many pieces and know their value as possible before you set out to corner the market in Lalique.

Know what the most valuable colours are. You will find Laliques in ten or more colors as well as clear and frosted finish. The majority of pieces are lead glass or crystal, and will be heavier than plain glass. Realize what Lalique commonly used for decorative schemes, as he often used fish, birds, flowers, nymphs, and dragonflies.

Watch the sharpness of the cuts and angles, as the first pieces out of the mould were very much sharper in detail and angle than the last ones to be produced, and are subsequently worth more. Watch for the signature not looking quite right, as fakes are out there with pieces this collectable and valuable.

You can tell that it is being produced currently as the mark used by Marie-Claude is Lalique h France. Her father, Renes son Marc, produced pieces until his death in 1977, which were heavily influenced by Renes works. The markings for Marc LeLique will show as Lalique France. Original Rene Lalique will normally be marked as R Lalique. Markings are generally acid etched, but some are raised and molded into the piece. They can be script or block and be legitimate.

Research Lalique. There is an incredible treasure trove of information, pictures, collections in museums, and online material to be discovered by the collector. Once you have your collection in progress, enjoy it. Display it proudly in your home or office, and do not forget to insure it. Most Lalique collections grow in value nicely, and more so if you are an avid collector. Do not be the collector who spends years of loving devotion towards collecting a good number of quality pieces to lose them to theft or disaster without even being able to begin the journey again with the insurance companys funding. Good Luck!

This is where you will find the BEST SOURCES of Lalique Antiques
(Its where the Dealers go shopping !
Antique Arcades

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Le Victoire

These mostly come from Romania and the Czech Republic (where they are sold as reproductions) You really should get a reliable Guide to Lalique Glassware (there are several available at Amazon.com) as these will give you not only the prices to pay but also ways to identify fakes and other copies.

Some Lalique pieces of the 1920s are still in production today - the Bacchantes Vase for example can be bought from Lalique at their store or from several hundred authorized Dealers and Boutiques.

These are made from the original Molds and are available in various colors. You should learn how to distinguish these from 1920s and 30s versions - subtle color changes make huge differences in price.

Rene Lalique Car Mascots are widely faked and there are ways to tell the fakes such as the originals came with a fitting to screw on to the radiator cap while modern copies have flat bases and are more suitable as paperweights.

Lalique Made hundreds of Vases together with Chandeliers and his famous Perfume Bottles.

You can start collecting Lalique fairly inexpensively with their modern range of fish and pendants but I advise you to be cautious when buying expensive pieces when you first begin collecting the more expensive pieces until you have more experience.

Artlcle by Keith Jones (C)2009

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Le Lalique was probably the best known hood ornament made by
Rene Lalique. It is certainly the most desirable to collectors of Automobilia.

These were designed by Rene lalique in both the Art Nouveau and Art Deco Styles.
The most famous is the Victoire but there are Czech Copies of this car mascot from the original moulds around.The originals are much crisper and are engraved signatures. The copies are with acid etched signatures.

These were either of Glass or a mixture of Bronze and Glass.
Some have been copied by other manufacturers so please ensure the Lalique Signature is on the piece.

Especially popular with collectors are the range of semi-draped or nude ladies and the Eagle Head mascots.

The VICTOIRE ( a ladies head with Flying hair streaming back) is the most sought after car mascot.

Things to look out for - chips and scratches on the glass are not unusual and are a sign sometimes of authenticity as it shows the piece probably was used on a car.
Some pieces have the bronze base removed and have been used as rather classy paperweights - they are more valuable with the base.
Some earlier models were actually also produced as paperweights too.

One of the earliest Car Mascots was Grand Libellule (a dragonfly).
Some but not all were also fitted with a light bulb in the base to make them glow at night. These look gorgeous.Some had a filter compartment so that you could change the colour that the mascot glowed.

Car mascots in coloured glass are fairly rare.
Many were actually produced as paperweights and bookends.
The best collection of Car hood Ornaments is in Japan at the Toyota Company Museum in Hakone
Many early examples were damaged through over use on poor roads so prime examples usually end up in museums.

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Rene Lalique

René Jules Lalique (1860–1945)
René Jules Lalique is born on April 6,1860, in the village of Ay, in the Champagne region of France. Two years later, his father, a Parisian mercantile agent, moves his family to a suburb of Paris. They return to Ay for summer holidays, and Lalique will have a lifelong attachment to his native countryside.

1872: Enters Collége Turgot where he begins studying drawing with Justin-Marie Lequien.

1876: After the death of his father, René begins working as an apprentice to the jeweler and goldsmith Louis Aucoc. Aucoc was among the leading luxury jewelers in Paris and under his guidance, René gains practical experience, learning rudimentary skills and the properties of a jeweler's raw materials. René also attends evening classes at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs.

1878: Moves to London to continue his studies. Two years are spent in London, where he attends the Sydenham College located in the Crystal Palace. In the freedom of his new environment, Lalique cultivates his graphic design skills, and develops a unique and naturalistic style that would later become his trademark as a jeweler.

1880: Returns to Paris after studying in London for two years. Lalique works as an illustrator of jewelry for one of his relatives, M. Vuilleret, on rue de Santonage. He also begins to work as a freelance jewelry designer.

1881: Spends a year as an illustrator of jewelry with Auguste Petit, on rue de Chabanais.

1882: Continues independent jewelry design and illustration work. In time, he is creating designs for Aucoc, Boucheron, Cartier, Destape, Gariod, Hamelin, Jacta, and others.

1884: Works for two years in partnership with Varenne, who placed his drawings with jewelry manufacturers; these bore the trade stamp Lalique & Varenne, 84, rue de Vaugirard.

Lalique drawings are displayed at the National Exhibition of Industrial Arts, organized at the Louvre on the occasion of the presentation of the Crown jewels in the Salle des Etats.

1885: At the end of the year, he takes over Jules Destapes' jewelry workshop on Place Gaillon. Here he is able to concentrate on the innovative jewelry for which he was becoming well-known. During this time he makes an increasing use of novel and inexpensive materials in his creations, including translucent enamels, semiprecious stones, ivory and hard stones.

1886: Marriage to Marie-Louise Lambert. A daughter, Georgette, born of this first marriage, met a premature death on December 12, 1910.

1889: At the Universal Exhibition in Paris, the prestigious jewelry firms of Vever and Boucheron include collaborative works by Lalique (anonymously) in their displays.

1892: Two years prior, Lalique opens up at the fashionable address of 20, rue Thérèse, and meets his future wife Augustine-Alice Ledru, daughter of the sculptor Auguste Ledru. Augustine-Alice gives birth to Suzanne on May 4.

Lalique begins to incorporate glass into his jewelry in the form of cast pates-de-verre.

1893: Lalique takes part in a competition organized by the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs on the theme of a drinking vessel. He wins the second prize of 500 francs for his Thistle flowers goblet, and is awarded a medal with special mention for his Satyr and vine shoots mug.

1894: Exhibits for the first time at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français where he would remain a regular participant until 1911.

Lalique begins to design stage jewelry for the famous actress Sarah Bernhardt. He also creates pieces for Siegfried Bing's Maison de l'Art Nouveau, the Paris shop that gave its name to the Art Nouveau movement.

1897: Lalique wins first prize at the Universal Exhibition in Brussels and is awarded the Legion of Honor's Croix de Chevalier.

1900: Universal Exhibition in Paris, Lalique display creates a sensation. René Lalique is hailed as founder and leader of a new school of modern jewelry design.

Lalique becomes an officer of the Legion of Honor.

Augustine-Alice Ledru gives birth to a second child, Marc, on September 1.

1902: International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Turin, Italy.

Marriage of Lalique and Augustine-Alice on July 8. Lalique moves into Cours-la-Reine residence.

1903: First participation at the Salon d'Automne where he would exhibit regularly until 1935.

1904: Exhibits with success in the United States, at the St. Louis World's Fair.

1905: Opening of the first retail shop at 24, place Vendôme, near the retail shop of François Coty.

Decorative Arts Exhibition in Liège.

1908: One year before, François Coty commissions Lalique to design his perfume labels. In time, Lalique creates his first perfume bottles for François Coty. The teamwork of these two would eventually revolutionize the perfume industry, by presenting fine perfumes in attractive containers at affordable prices.

He rents the Combs-la-Ville glassworks.

"Women's Precious Jewelry Sets" exhibition at the Musée Galliéria.

1909: Lalique continues to experiment with glass manufacturing techniques, applying technology from French wine and pharmaceutical industries. First patent application concerning large-run glass production techniques is submitted.

Death of wife Augustine-Alice Lalique-Ledru.

1911: International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Turin, Italy.

Lalique exhibits for the first time at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.

The first Lalique show devoted entirely to glass, held at 24, place Vendôme.

Collaborates on the design for the François Coty boutique in New York. The Lalique-designed windows can still be seen today, at 712 Fifth Avenue in New York (now the Henri Bendel store).

1918: During World War I, the factory at Combs-la-Ville is forced to close. Due to rapid growth, the design and construction of a new factory is begun in Wingen-sur-Moder, in the Alsace region. In 1921 it is completed, and remains the factory that produces Lalique crystal today.

1921: Works on the interior decoration of the French ocean liner Paris. He later works on the liners De Grasse, Ile-de-France, and Normandie, as well as on the interiors of luxury trains such as Compagnie des Wagons-Lits (which later became the Orient Express), designing chandeliers and lighting panels.

1925: Designs the interior of the Sevres Pavilion at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris. At this exhibition the term "Art Deco" is derived.

International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris. Lalique's glass pavilion, which includes a monumental fountain entitled "The Springs of France", is pivotal in establishing the Art Deco style.

Birth of a son, Jean Raymond, to Lalique and Marie Anère on March 30. Two years later, Lalique and Marie Anère will have their second child, Renée Jeanne Georgette.

Designs first car mascot (bouchons de radiateur) for Citroën, the French automobile company. For the next six years, Lalique would design 27 models for companies such as Bentley, Bugatti, Delage, Hispano-Suiza, Rolls Royce, and Voisin.

1926: Windows of the Saint-Niçoise church in Reims.

Decoration of the new Worth store in Cannes.

The Lido shopping arcade on the Champs-Elysées.

Begins manufacturing the luxuriously satin-finished vases, bowls, and statuettes which have become synonymous with the Lalique name.

1932: The fountains for the Rond-Point des Champs-Elysées.

Main doors to the salon of Prince Asaka Yasuhiko's palace in Tokyo.

Glass and decoration of the Church of St. Matthew in St. Helier, Isle of Jersey, UK.

1935: New boutique opens September 6, on rue Royale. This boutique continues to serve as the main Lalique showroom today.

1939: World War II begins. Despite the Wingen factory's financial and artistic success, the onset of the War forces its closure. It remains occupied by the Germans for six years until the end of the War.

1945: Death of René Lalique on May 5, at the age of 85.

Thanks to Lalique.com.

Rene Lalique

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It was more a way othinking and designing than slavish copies of a common theme.
naturalistic themes were common but even these were transformed into
dream-like pieces with an air of fantasy and other-worldliness.
Some of the motive forces behind the movement were the leaders in their fields.
Alphonse Mucha for his Art and Posters, Klimt for his gorgeously rich
works of Art, Rene Lalique for his fantastical jewelry and exquisite glassware.
All of these are now household names and highly collectable.
Potters joined in with amazing designs as did silversmiths with curved and flowing jewelry.
RIng,Necklaces and bracelets in Art CNouveau designs became the highly desired pieces of jewelry
that any fashionable lady of the turn of the 19h Century needed to stay in fashion.
Actresses and Royalty took up the style and this filtered down to almost every European and American woman
The main difference was exactly that the designs were SO very different - very strange
and picking up hints of fairyland,mermaid,niads or nymphs were incorporated.
Before all of theses fields were very traditional and mainly unchanged for many years before.
It was the genius of these designers that altered the perception that everyday objects and Jewels did not have to be exactly as nature designed them.

Art Nouveau Definition is a post from: laliqueartnouveau.com