Vase Tourbillons
Manufacturer
René Lalique & Cie
(French, founded 1909)
Designer
Suzanne Lalique-Haviland
(French, 1892 - 1989)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1926-1945
MediumMold-pressed and enameled glass
DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Overall, Rim: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
InscribedEngraved around bottom edge: "R Lalique France" and in script: "No. 973".
Credit LineGift of Joan Foy French
Object number71.6384
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 119, Case 58
Label TextRené Lalique French, 1860-1945 Tourbillons, ca. 1926-1945 Mold-pressed glass and enameled glass Gift of Joan Foy French 71.6384Exhibition History"Exposition International Des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes," Paris, 1925 ("Tourbillon" model was made for this exhibition). "Pilchuck Prints," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, April 21 - September 17, 2017.Published ReferencesAda Buch Polak. MODERN GLASS. New York: T. Yoseloff. 1962. p. 45, a duplicate of this is illustrated #31B and described. Ray and Lee Grover. CARVED & DECORATED EUROPEAN ART GLASS. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle. 1970. Plate 340, p. 197, ill. Chrysler Museum NEWSLETTER, Dec. 1972, article and ill. Katharine Morrison McClinton. ART DECO: A GUIDE FOR COLLECTORS. New York: C.N. Potter: Crown Publishers, distributor. 1972. p. 128, a similar piece at Cooper-Hewitt Museum. René Lalique. LALIQUE GLASS: THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FOR 1932. Reprint: 1981. Corning: Corning Museum of Glass and Dover Publications. Planche 13, no. 973. Marie-Claude Lalique. LALIQUE. Geneve: Edipop. 1988. ("Tourbillon" model cited as being created in 1926). Nancy O. Merrill. A CONCISE HISTORY OF GLASS REPRESENTED IN THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM GLASS COLLECTION. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1989. No. 124, p. 88. Félix Marcilhac. RENÈ LALIQUE, 1860-1945: MAÎTRE-VERRIER: ANALYSE DE L'OEUVRE ET CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ. Paris: Editions de l'Amateur. 1994. p. 433, planche 13, no. 973.
