The Jewels of Lalique

by BRUNHAMMER, YVONNE

• ISBN13: 9782080136329
• ISBN10: 2080136321
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-15
• Publisher: Flammarion

Summary

The name of Rene Lalique (1860-1945) is familiar throughout the world and is synonymous with one of the most extraordinary decorative vocabularies of this century. Known primarily as a master craftsman of objects in glass, he was also the designer of exquisite jewelry that attained the highest expression of the Art Nouveau style. This book, published to coincide with a major retrospective of the artist's early work, brings together a dazzling array of jewels, many from private collections shown here for the first time, and presents them in the context of Lalique's contemporary work in glass. Authoritative texts by an International team of scholars examine a broad range of themes and influences on the artist's career from fashion and photography to literature and jeweler's techniques.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	6	(1)
YVONNE BRUNHAMMER
JOAN T. ROSASCO
Sponsor's Statement	7	(1)
GERARD TAVENAS
Preface
DAVID A. HANKS
The Lalique Epoch	8	(42)
YVONNE BRUNHAMMER
The Physics and the Metaphysics of Jewelry: "Something That Has Never Been Seen Before"	50	(30)
MARIE-ODILE BRIOT
The Reception of Rene Lalique in America: 1901-1920	80	(18)
GABRIEL P. WEISBERG
Lalique and Fashion	98	(22)
FLORENCE MULLER
Materials and Techniques in the Jewelry of Rene Lalique	120	(26)
SIGRID BARTEN
Landscape in the Work of Rene Lalique	146	(16)
EVELYNE POSSEME
Objects d'Art and Glassmaking: Rene Lalique's Contribution in the Early Twentieth Century	162	(18)
JEAN-LUC OLIVIE
List of Works	180	(24)
YVONNE BRUNHAMMER
JOAN T. ROSASCO
Chronology	204	(10)
YVONNE BRUNHAMMER
CLEMENTINE VIDAL
Notes	214	(8)
Selected Bibliography	222	(1)
Selected List of Exhibitions	223	(1)
Picture Credits	224