DOI issue:
No. 377 (August 1924)
DOI article:[Notes: one hundred and ninety-three illustrations]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21400#0129
PARIS
in giving definite variety to his patterns.
He draws equally on the fauna and flora,
the shells of the shore and the clouds of
the sky for his themes, and whatever may
be the subject that he chooses, he confers
upon it a treatment, so supremely natural
in its effect that the design seems by
instinct to adapt itself to its function and
to the form of the object concerned. He
finger bowl, by has inaugurated in his blending of the
rene lalique conventional with the naturalistic, a sort
of third style, characteristically his own.
Paris, London and his yacht—which is . The ftoughness of Lalique glass makes
his other ruling passion. 00a it suitable to all manner of purposes to
M Valotaire which it is not usually applied. Boxes
and brooches, mirrors and mantelpiece
- panels, all issue from his furnaces equally
well adapted to their purpose. His use of
The same skill in design, the same colour is reticent, and though occasionally
appreciation of the value of discreet colour, we find a bit of glowing sapphire blue or
the same faculty for rendering the human an intense piece of purple, the tendency
form acceptable as decoration for articles on the whole is to the exploitation of
of daily use, the same ingenuity for misty greys, soft browns and palest
adapting ornament to the space to be filled, mauves and greens, a a a a
as were exemplified in the jewellery to L. G.-S.
which Rene Lalique gave his name some
years ago, are to be found in the glass-
ware which, by a process of his own, the
artist is now producing in Paris. This
process is inaugurating a new era in
regard to glass, and Lalique is raising
moulded glass to a level which it has
never before attained. By employing his
moulds after the same fashion as a modeller
in bronze employs those of a piece of
sculpture, Lalique secures effects simi-
larly sculpturesque and opens up possi-
bilities hitherto unexplored in this
connection. a a a 0 a
Always an exceptionally skilful model-
ler, he is now employing this skill in the
manufacture of various objects both of
vertu and utility wherein the moulded
glass is adapted to effects which under the
old processes could not have been success-
fully attempted in the medium. While
the big glass panels, depicting in relief
friezes of dancing girls and wrestling
athletes are finely adapted to the decora-
tion of dignified mansions, he equally
produces for the housewife tableware in
which every piece is an example of the
highest artistry. 0000
Being endowed with a mind peculiarly
fertile in design, Lalique has no difficulty
moulded glass bottle
by rene lalique
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in giving definite variety to his patterns.
He draws equally on the fauna and flora,
the shells of the shore and the clouds of
the sky for his themes, and whatever may
be the subject that he chooses, he confers
upon it a treatment, so supremely natural
in its effect that the design seems by
instinct to adapt itself to its function and
to the form of the object concerned. He
finger bowl, by has inaugurated in his blending of the
rene lalique conventional with the naturalistic, a sort
of third style, characteristically his own.
Paris, London and his yacht—which is . The ftoughness of Lalique glass makes
his other ruling passion. 00a it suitable to all manner of purposes to
M Valotaire which it is not usually applied. Boxes
and brooches, mirrors and mantelpiece
- panels, all issue from his furnaces equally
well adapted to their purpose. His use of
The same skill in design, the same colour is reticent, and though occasionally
appreciation of the value of discreet colour, we find a bit of glowing sapphire blue or
the same faculty for rendering the human an intense piece of purple, the tendency
form acceptable as decoration for articles on the whole is to the exploitation of
of daily use, the same ingenuity for misty greys, soft browns and palest
adapting ornament to the space to be filled, mauves and greens, a a a a
as were exemplified in the jewellery to L. G.-S.
which Rene Lalique gave his name some
years ago, are to be found in the glass-
ware which, by a process of his own, the
artist is now producing in Paris. This
process is inaugurating a new era in
regard to glass, and Lalique is raising
moulded glass to a level which it has
never before attained. By employing his
moulds after the same fashion as a modeller
in bronze employs those of a piece of
sculpture, Lalique secures effects simi-
larly sculpturesque and opens up possi-
bilities hitherto unexplored in this
connection. a a a 0 a
Always an exceptionally skilful model-
ler, he is now employing this skill in the
manufacture of various objects both of
vertu and utility wherein the moulded
glass is adapted to effects which under the
old processes could not have been success-
fully attempted in the medium. While
the big glass panels, depicting in relief
friezes of dancing girls and wrestling
athletes are finely adapted to the decora-
tion of dignified mansions, he equally
produces for the housewife tableware in
which every piece is an example of the
highest artistry. 0000
Being endowed with a mind peculiarly
fertile in design, Lalique has no difficulty
moulded glass bottle
by rene lalique
IO9