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1. Lalique

2. René Jules Lalique René Jules Lalique (1860 – 1945) was born a rural 19th century man in a pre-industrialized Europe. It was a time before light bulbs, and telephones, before automobiles and washing machines and electricity. But by the time of his death in 1945 at the dawn of the atomic age, he would have completed two careers spanning two different centuries. In 1900 at the age of 40, he was the most celebrated jeweler in the world and an art nouveau artist and designer of magnificent proportions. But by 1925 at the height of the art deco era he was the most celebrated glassmaker in the world.

5. In between Lalique would leave his contemporaries behind as he turned from creating unique jewelry and objects d'art, to the mass production of innovative and usable art glass. He brought glass into the home of everyday people where it had never been before, and he worked out the industrial techniques to mass produce his useful art glass objects on a scale and cost to complement the spreading industrial revolution and resulting worldwide appetite for his products.

8. 70 x 52 mm Perle: 26 x 24 mm 77 g Calouste Gulbenkian Museum Lisbon

9. 'The Betrothal -To Have & To Hold' Art Nouveau Ring 1904

10. The amazing creations by René Lalique often referred to as the "Sculptor of Light", the exquisite designer of jewelry and precious glassware, mainly depict natural elements, animals and female nudes, in the typical Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles.

16. LluísMasriera(Spanish, 1872 - 1958)

17. LluísMasriera

23. Lalique horn comb sold at Sotheby’s for $25,200.

27. Metamorphose. This comb was the star of the Lalique / Japanese comb-comparison exhibit in Hakone, Japan

38. ‘Kiss’ Pendant, ivory, enamel, gold, diamonds Dragonflywoman stickpin

39. Ornementde corsage papillons de nuit

40. Museum of Applied Arts - Budapest