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Trois Papillons (Three butterflies)

Seal
1919 (designed), 1928 - 1937 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Seal, Glass, France, Bas-Rhin (Wingen-sur-Moder), designed by René Lalique, for Lalique glassworks (Verrerie d'Alsace), 1919-1947, C.1495-1924 .

Object details

Object type
Titles
  • Trois Papillons (Three butterflies)
  • Trois papillons (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
press-moulded
Brief description
Seal, Glass, France, Bas-Rhin (Wingen-sur-Moder), designed by René Lalique, for Lalique glassworks (Verrerie d'Alsace), 1919-1947, C.1495-1924 .
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'CP' in monogram (Decoration)
    Translation
    cut
  • Lalique (Makers's mark; engraving (incising))
Gallery label
see C.1491-1924
Credit line
Sir Claude Phillips Bequest
Production
available in the catalogue from 1928 - 1937
Bibliographic reference
Marcilhac,F: Lalique, Paris, 1989 p.251, no. 197; Arwas, V: Art nouveau-artdeco; Garner,P; History of Glass (ed. Dan Klein)
Other number
0246 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
C.1495-1924

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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