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Wall sculpture in gilded bronze with geode Signature: JD Brewer Length:57cm Height: 13cm Depth:10cm
In the 18th century, Metz Bishop, Monseigneur de Montmorency-Laval, invited Sainte-Anne glass makers to settle in Baccarat, a town in Lorraine. The factory opened on October 16th…
Pair of lamps or similar in Murano glass with gold spangles, one bulb. Circa 1970, conical barrel, Good condition Height of the glassware 49 cm Height: 49cm Diameter: 13cm
It all started with the genius of René Jules Lalique. He was an apprentice at Maison Aucoc and a pupil at Ecole des Arts Décoratifs, where he studied jewellery. He…
Styles
The creations released in the 70s were often created in the late 60s. The protest developed in the 1960s, pushes the 1970s into soft with the creation of soft seats and poufs surrounded by sweet pop…
THE BAUHAUS (1919-1933) Reconciling industry and craftsmanship, rethinking forms, such was the spearhead of the Bauhaus, a pioneering school founded in Germany by Walter Gropius in 1919 A veritable…
Voluptuous curves and inspirations drawn from nature, Art Nouveau and its productions fascinate. International and multiform, it is anchored in an exciting historical context and deploys its language…
The design of the 50's
During the war 39-45 the chemistry experienced a tremendous acceleration by the industrial development of new products whose research was still embryonic; This will upset the…
Material
Brass unleashes the passions: decorations of tables, candlesticks, jewels, mirrors, chandeliers or wall lamps ... From its warm, golden or rosy reflections, brass has accompanied us since…
As its name does not indicate, the crystal is a glass, that is to say a non-crystalline solid, rich in lead, whose mass concentration must be between 40% and 24% to be entitled to the "Crystal'…
Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin known by men since the 4th millennium BCE. Originally mastered by the peoples of antiquity, it became the noble material of Greek sculpture and Chinese ritual…
The appearance of the first man-made glass objects was before 1500 BC, but it is from this date that containers are attested in both Mesopotamia and Egypt. Glass, remains a rare and precious…