NON ATTIVA Dixie Black Collection black crystal vase, Lalique, France, 21st century

Dixie Black Collection black crystal vase, Lalique, France, 21st century Engraved signature and numbering: example no. 266/999 Measurements: cm H 21.3 x diameter 21.3 Price: confidential negotiation Object accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and official Lalique guarantee The Dixie vase from the Lalique Black Collection was made in France in a limited edition of 999, of which this is number 266. In blown crystal with abstract decoration, it is in good condition. The French designer, glassmaker and goldsmith René Jules Lalique (Ay, April 6, 1860 – Paris, May 1, 1945) studied at the workshop of jeweler Louis Aucoc and at the Sydenham Art College in London. In Paris, he began designing jewelry for renowned houses such as Aucoc, Cartier, Hamelin, Boucheron. Particularly impressed by contemporary Japanese art, it was one of his most important sources of inspiration. From glass stones he began creating particular objects such as perfume bottles, until then conceived as anonymous containers and, from then on, as emblems themselves of a luxury accessible to an ever-increasing number of people. At the same time, Lalique created unique pieces on commission. International consecration came in 1900 at the Universal Exhibition, where, among others, a dragonfly-shaped jewel was exhibited, commissioned by the magnate Calouste Gulbenkian and worn by Sarah Bernhardt, which decreed its immediate success. After the Great War, the public seemed to have lost interest in the colorful and imaginative objects that had determined Lalique's success. He decided to convert to the neoclassical and geometric lines of art déco, trying to introduce the concept of luxury into everyday objects. His activity was interrupted during the Second World War and ended with his death in 1945. His son Marc resumed it in 1946 and in 2000 the Swiss entrepreneur Silvio Denz acquired the ownership of the Lalique crystal factory in Wingen-sur-Moder, extending the Lalique brand to other product categories, including perfumes, jewelry, furniture items and art objects created in collaboration with artists.