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Lagamar Vase

Manufacturer René Lalique & Cie (French, founded 1909)

Designer Suzanne Lalique-Haviland (French, 1892 - 1989)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1926-1945

MediumMold-pressed, acid-etched and enameled glass

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Base: 4 in. (10.2 cm)

InscribedEngraved on side of polished pontil: "R. Lalique France".

Credit LineGift of Joan Foy French

Object number71.6392

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 105

Label TextSuzanne Lalique-Haviland French, 1892–1989 Manufactured by René Lalique & Cie. French, founded 1909 Lagamar Vase, ca. 1926 Mold-pressed, acid-etched, and enameled glass Gift of Joan Foy French 71.6392 Why is a glass vase from France on view in this gallery? At the turn of the twentieth century, Americans and Europeans enthusiastically collected objects from Central and South America, Africa, and Oceania. Suzanne Lalique-Haviland found inspiration in the Mexican and Peruvian pottery that her husband brought with him to France. She combined black enamel with mold-pressed relief to adorn a colorless glass vessel with a geometric pattern, which parallels the decoration of early West-Mexican ceramic objects in the Chrysler’s collection. Her design contributed an Art Deco flare to the famous Lalique brand of luxury glassware. (Ancestral Figure, Nayarit (West Mexico), 200–900 c.e.,Ceramic and paint, Museum purchase 70.4.7)Published ReferencesMartin Battersby. THE DECORATIVE THIRTIES. New York: Walker. 1971. p. 122-123, ill. Katharine Morrison McClinton. LALIQUE FOR COLLECTORS. New York: Scribner. 1975. Color plate 8, "Lagamar" Art Deco deisgn, design #967. Mario Amaya, DECO 1925-1935 CATALOGUE, for exhibition in Canada, 1975-1976, by Rothman's arranged & catalogued by Amaya, see #81, description and illustration. Félix Marcilhac. RENÈ LALIQUE, 1860-1945: MAÎTRE-VERRIER: ANALYSE DE L'OEUVRE ET CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ. Paris: Editions de l'Amateur. 1994. No. 967, p. 432.