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Serpent Vase

Designer René Jules Lalique (French, 1860-1945)

Manufacturer Lalique & Cie. (French)

Place of OriginNancy, France

Date1928

Dimensions9 3/4 × 10 1/16 in. (24.8 × 25.5 cm)

MediumRed-brown glass; mold-blown and acid-polished.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1976.47

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 5

DescriptionSerpent

Label TextBy 1929, René Lalique was established as an artistic leader of glass in the Art Deco style. The term was abbreviated from the French words Arts Décoratifs taken from the title of the 1925 Paris exhibition L’Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Moderne (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts). At that seminal exhibition, Lalique presented the massive Serpent vase of vibrant orange-brown glass, which caused nearly as much a sensation at the time as his famous glass fountain in the Perfume Pavilion.Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 176-177, repr. (col.) p. 176.