Dear visitors,
in this strange and difficult period which has deeply upset our habits, I would like to express my warm thoughts and my support.
Nevertheless, I would like to inform you, that we are happy to answer your questions, pack and send your purchases with Chronopost.
I'm looking forward to see you all soon back, in Paul-Bert Serpette, walking up and down in your treasure hunt.
To you all, stay well and take care,
Stephen Wijnants.
Exceptional jeweler of the « Art Nouveau Period », Rene Lalique is one of the major stars of the « Paris 1900 Universal exhibition ». Sarah Bernard, his friend and customer wears his jewels on stage in the play « Théodora ».
His sponsor, Calouste Gulbenkian orders the highest quality exhibition pieces, in 1899 « the tête de Coq diadem » and the « Colombes » cire perdue vase in 1914.
His collections are on show in the Gulbenkian museum in Lisbonne.
In 1908, to fullfill the perfume maker Coty's commands, Lalique will rent the glass factory of Comb-La-Ville. For a larger industrial production, he will open in 1920 a factory in Wingen sur Moder.
In tribute to Lalique, the city opened a museum in 2011.
Rene Lalique's gifts of observation and his sense of perfect proportions will give him an outstanding place amongst the other artists of his time.
His artistic intuition will lead him naturally from the « Art Nouveau » style to the « Art Deco » style.
His representational designs will be as successfull as his abstract designs.
FFor example the « Bacchantes » vase made in 1927.(ref. Christie's London cat. May 31, 2012 p. 28). The use of arsenic embellishes the glass with an opalescent tint as for the boxe « Rose »made in 1921. (ref the « The Opalescence » by P. Decelle 1988). Lalique will use« patinas » to bring the designs alive . The vase « Sauterelles » made in 1913 receives a double patina, lime green on the criquets and deep blue on the body. (ref. Sotheby's Paris ,16 Feb. 2013).
The inclusion of metal oxides enrichis the glass with bright colors. The « Escargot » vase made in 1920, (ref. Bonhams London 19 Nov. 2014) will exist in blue electrique, in ruby red, in amber, in yellow as in orange colored glass.
Other examples of colored vases are the « Poisson » vase made in 1921. (ref. Christie's London , 31 May 2013). The « Perruches » vase made in 1919. Here in blue electric glass from the S.W collection. The « Ronce » vase made in 1921. Here in red glass from the S.W collection. The Oran vase in yellow, made in 1927, from the S.W collection.
