Cluny Vase
Designer
René Lalique
(French, 1860-1945)
Manufacturer
René Lalique & Cie
(French, founded 1909)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1925-1947
MediumBlown glass with metal
Dimensions10 1/2 × 11 7/8 × 10 1/4 in. (26.7 × 30.2 × 26 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
InscribedMarked bottom edge in script: "R. Lalique France No 961".
Credit LineGift of Joan Foy French
Object number71.6393
Not on view
DescriptionRound bottle shaped vase of clear smoke (gray-blue) plain glass. 1" wide flat rim and a pair of metal (bronze) handles simulating hair. With glass face inserts at bottom of handles screwed in to the vase top and bottom. Art Moderne design. Cluny pattern. Chip below one mask measuring 1 in. x 0.5 in. Two Medusa marks.Label TextRené Lalique (French, 1860-1945) Vase Cluny, ca. 1925-45 Blown glass, applied bronze handles Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Joan Foy French 71.6393Published ReferencesRay and Lee Grover. CARVED & DECORATED EUROPEAN ART GLASS. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle. 1970. 198, pl. 341, ill. Katharine Morrison McClinton. LALIQUE FOR COLLECTORS. New York: Scribner. 1975. 35, 55. René Lalique. LALIQUE GLASS: THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FOR 1932. Reprint: 1981. Corning: Corning Museum of Glass and Dover Publications. Planche 11, no. 961. Marie-Claude Lalique. LALIQUE. Geneve: Edipop. 1988. 197. Nancy O. Merrill. A CONCISE HISTORY OF GLASS REPRESENTED IN THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM GLASS COLLECTION. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1989. No. 123, 88. Félix Marcilhac. RENÈ LALIQUE, 1860-1945: MAÎTRE-VERRIER: ANALYSE DE L'OEUVRE ET CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ. Paris: Editions de l'Amateur. 1994. No. 961, 430. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 136, fig. 169. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1 Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 142-143.
