Blackbirds and grapes
Panel
1928 (made)
1928 (made)
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Panel, moulded glass with acid etched decoration, France, Bas-Rhin (Wingen-sur-Moder), designed by René Lalique, made at the Lalique glassworks (Verrerie d'Alsace), 1928
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| Materials and techniques | Press moulded glass, with a silver ground |
| Brief description | Panel, moulded glass with acid etched decoration, France, Bas-Rhin (Wingen-sur-Moder), designed by René Lalique, made at the Lalique glassworks (Verrerie d'Alsace), 1928 |
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| Gallery label | Designed for the Compagnie internationale des Wagon-lits, for a carriage in the Côte d'Azur Pullman-express which went into service in 1929. Lalique was among a number of distinguished designers, artist-decorators and architects commissioned by the company. This was Lalique's first major commission, for public transport the commission was placed in 1923. He designed a panel for the carriage to be used by the then French President Alexandre Millerand and divsional panels (like this) for other carriages. |
| Bibliographic reference | Marcilhac,F: Lalique,Paris,1989,p.865; Arwas,V: Glass Art Nouveau-Art Deco; Garner,P: The History of Glass ed. Dan Klein |
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| Accession number | C.53-1978 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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