LALIQUE
by Tony L. Mortimer
Hardcover with dust jacket in good condition with minor shelf wear. There is an inscription on the half-title page but no other writing or highlighting and a smudge on the front free end page corner. The DJ is protected by a removable plastic cover.
128 pages, copyright 1989, ISBN 155521293X, first American edition, published by Chartwell Books.
From the DJ flap:
"Rene Lalique (1860-1945) is best known for his supreme artistry in glass but, in the years around the turn of the century, he made some of the most breathtakingly beautiful jewelry ever seen. Designed and executed in the curvilinear art nouveau style, it has erotic, decadent overtones. In this book, superb pictures in color and black and white illustrate every stage of Rene Lalique's glittering career. Here are the jewels, the glassware - both functional and decorative - and the interior and exhibition designs."
From the introduction:
"Rene Lalique was one of those rare individuals - one of the small handful of artists whose ability and versatility is such that they achieve great success in more than one field, Lalique was a master jeweler who created some of the most dazzling and original pieces ever seen, who later became an inspired glass-maker with a highly developed business sense, and an interior decorator and exhibition designer, second to none. His career embraced the curvilinear art nouveau and the geometric art deco styles, and his clientele ranged from multi-millionaires and the socialites and leading actresses of the belle epoque to members of the middle class with modest incomes."
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