René Lalique - Vase - Glass

Lalique began in 1872 to study drawing and artistic crafts in Paris at the Collège Turgot. He continued his studies at Ecole des Arts Décoratifs. In 1876 he began working in a jewelry workshop, continuing his studies at Ecole des Arts Décoratifs. 1878-1880 he studied at Sydenham College in London.

After returning to France he worked for jewelry companies, including Cartier, Boucheron. In 1884 he founded together with jeweler Varenne the firm Lalique & Varenne. In the following year he established his own company producing items according to his own designs. In addition to gold and precious stones he used ivory, enamel, semiprecious stones and glass. From 1889 he anonymously supplied products to the jewelry shop Vever et Boucheron, and in 1890 he opened a jewelry shop. One of his clients was actress Sarah Bernhardt. At the end of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century he worked in the Art Nouveau style.

In 1908 he began producing perfume flacons for the François Coty company. From 1911 he began to create exclusively in glass. At the Combs-la-Ville facility he engaged in the production of glass packaging for the pharmaceutical industry. In 1921 he opened a factory in Wingen-sur-Moder.

After World War I he took up designing interior architectural decoration elements.

In 1920 he began creating jewelry in the Art Deco style.

He died in 1945. He was buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery.,,vase with ubiciami on the base,,