Liqueur Cabinet Faunes et Chérubins

Designer René Jules Lalique (French, 1860-1945)

Place of OriginFrance

Date1928

DimensionsH: (cabinet including plinth) 177.8 cm (70 in.), W (closed): 91.4 cm (36 in.); Depth: 38.1 cm (15 in.)

MediumPearwood cabinet and rosewood base on basswood (Tilia) carcass; silvered metal (brass?) fittings; press-molded colorless glass insets

ClassificationFurniture

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott

Object number

1978.46

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 3

Label TextFamed glass and jewelry designer René Lalique (French, 1860–1945) featured this Art Deco liqueur cabinet embellished with glass plaques as the focal point of his firm’s display at the annual Salon d’Automne (Autumn Salon) exhibition in Paris in 1928. Lalique exhibited the cabinet with opened doors, revealing the dazzling interior with its mirrors, glass shelves, and press-molded glass panels. In keeping with the purpose of the cabinet (to hold liquor and barware), Lalique chose a theme of grapevines and frolicking fauns, related to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine.Published ReferencesValotaire, Marcel, "The Trend of Decorative Art, The Salon d'Automne", The Studio, vol. 97, Jan. 1929, p. 91 (illus.).

"Modern Interior Lighting, Breves’ Lalique Galleries, London," The Tatler, no. 1458, June 5, 1929, repr. p. XIX (advertisement).

"Etcetera", Art Gallery, vol. 22, no. 2, Dec. 1978/Jan. 1979, p. 19.<.p> "New Acquisitions", Ohio Museums Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 4, Winter 1978-1978, p. 15.

"Acquisitions", Antiques Worls, vol. 1, no. 3, Jan. 1979, p. 16, rep.

"Acquisitions", Art Journal, vo. 38, no. 3, Spr. 1979, p. 210.

"1978 Annual Repor". Toledo Museum of Art News. vol. 21, no.1 , 1979, p. 9, repr. p. 15.

"Recent Important Acquisitions", Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 21, 1979, repr. p. 126.

Marcilhac, Felix, Rene Lalique 1860-1945, Paris, Les Editions de l'Amateur, 1989, illus. p. 114.

Ostergard, Derek, Art deco masterpieces, New York, 1991, p. 106, repr. (col.)

Reich, Paula, Toledo Museum of Art: Map and Guide, London, Scala, 2005, p. 47, repr. (col.)

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 176-177, repr. (col.) p. 176, (det.) p. 177.

Spillman, Jane Shadel, "Glass in Glass: The Toledo Museum of Art," Glass Club Bulletin, no. 208, Summer, 2007, p. 3, repr. on cover (col.).

Exhibition HistoryParis, Salon d'Automne, 1928.

London, Breves’ Lalique Galleries, Modern Interior Lighting, June 10, 1929 (closing date: n.d.).