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Chrysanthème (Chrysanthemum)

Toilet Box
1911 (designed), 1914 - 1947 (made)
Artist/Maker
Verrerie Combs-La-Ville (manufacturer)
Lalique, René Jules (designer)
Place of origin
Combs-la-Ville (made)

Toilet box, Glass, France, Seine-et-Marne (Combs), designed by René Lalique, for Verrerie Combs-la-Ville, 1911-1947, C.1497-1924 .


Object details

Object type
Toilet box
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Toilet Box
  • Cover
Titles
  • Chrysanthème (Chrysanthemum)
  • Chrysanthème (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
press-moulded
Brief description
Toilet box, Glass, France, Seine-et-Marne (Combs), designed by René Lalique, for Verrerie Combs-la-Ville, 1911-1947, C.1497-1924 .
Dimensions
  • Greatest width width: 9.0cm
Style
20TH CONT
Gallery label
see C.1491-1924
Credit line
Sir Claude Phillips Bequest
Production
designed in 1911, issued in black from 1914, available until 1947
Bibliographic reference
Marcilhac,F: Lalique, Paris, 1989 p.225; Arwas, V: Art nouveau-artdeco; Garner,P; History of Glass (ed. Dan Klein)
Other numbers
  • 0253 - Glass gallery number
  • 16 - Marcilhac (1989)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.1497A-1924

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O2657/chrysanthème-chrysanthemum-toilet-box-lalique-rené-jules/
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