Lalique, René
Country | |
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City | Paris |
Symbol | cartouche, cross, diamond, frame, kite, lozenge, rhombus |
Shape | cartouche, cross, diamond, frame, kite, lozenge, rhombus |
Era | (1860-1945) |
Description
Specialties
- Bijoux sculptés
- Medallist
- Use of Champlevé & Plique-à -Jour enamel was unrivaled.
- Art Nouveau pioneer, leading jeweler of the Belle Epoque.
Materials
- Horn.
- Crystal.
- Enamel.
- Cut glass.
1860
- Birth of René Lalique
1876
- Apprentice to Louis Aucoc at age sixteen.
1878
- Studied graphic design in London.
1880
- Worked with Auguste Petit.
- Designed fans, fabrics and wallpaper.
- Independent designer for Aucoc, Sestape, Cartier, Gariod and others
1882
- Independent jewelry designer.
1884
- Lalique’s Arts & Crafts exhibition catches the eye of Alphonse Fouquet
- Went into business with M. Varenne – signed Lalique et Varene, rue de Vaugirard 84
1885
- Begins fabricating in the style that would make him famous.
- Place Baillon location of Destape assumed by Lalique
- Creates for Cartier, Boucheron and Vever
1887
- Boucheron buys ‘Flight of Swallows’ Parure.
- Relocates to rue du Quatre Septembre, then rue Therése
1889
- Exposition Universelle features his work anonymously in Vever and Boucheron’s displays.
c.1890
- Begins experiments with glass and enamel, developing his new style
1894
- Designer of jewelry for Sarah Bernhardt & Maison de l’Art Nouveau.
1897
- Legion of Honour’s Croix de Chevalier.
1900
- Lalique displays at Universal Exhibition (Paris) to great acclaim.
- Grand Prix, Order of the Legion of Honour
1905
- Opens at Place Vendôme
c.1908
- Begins to operate Combs-la-Ville Glassworks
1918
- Founds Wingen-sur-Moder Glassworks
1925
- Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels exhibits “The Springs of France”.
- Begins manufacturing objet and statuettes in the “Lalique” Style.
1945
- Death of René Lalique.
- After his death, firm Run By Son Marc and later Marie-Claude.