Design for Vases

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Design for Vases

Artist René Jules Lalique (French, 1860-1945)

Dateabout 1925

DimensionsSheet: 19 3/16 x 25 9/16 in. (48.4 x 64.9 cm)

MediumBlack and red pencil

ClassificationDrawings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1980.1039

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Label TextOnly two of the vases on this page of Lalique’s designs were actually produced: the top left vase with birds and grapes and the vase in the middle with the coffered stem. A note above the top vase describes the bird and grape decoration as “very prominent.” The bird vase was pressed in a three-part mold and came in clear glass with opalescent patina or in yellow or “smoke”-colored glass. The stemmed vase had a mold-blown bowl in clear glass and a mold-pressed opalescent stem. Both designs were first made in 1927.