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Lagamar Vase

Manufacturer René Lalique & Cie (French, founded 1909)

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

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)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineGift of Joan Foy French

Object number71.6392

Terms

Lagamar
Black
White
Art Moderne
Wingen-sur-Moder

On View

On view

DescriptionSlightly swelling cylindrical vase. Five evenly placed deep horizontal .375" wide impressions forming six bands of acid cut geometrically designed with a background of thick enameled flat black. .375" wide band at the bottom is plain. Art Moderne Lagamar design.

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)