RENÉ LALIQUE
White marble console with two rectangular slabs forming top and base. Four quadrangular legs sculpted with vine shoot motifs.
37 3/8 x 76 3/4 x 22 1/2 in.
Further images
White marble console table featuring two rectangular slabs forming a top and base. Four quadrangular legs decorated with sculpted vine branches.
History:
In 1925, the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs Industriels et Modernes opened its doors in the heart of Paris. René Lalique, the renowned master glassmaker, participated in several projects and created his "Lalique Pavilion" in collaboration with architect Marc Ducluzeaud.
Following René Lalique's designs, the exteriors were executed by Pinton & Nion; Lacroix for the cement; L. Maison for the metal parts of the doors; and the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres for the ceramic steps. The interior was designed and executed by René Lalique and includes, among other things, a dining room with furnishings by Charles Bernel:
"The dining room, finally, a blond and snowy harmony with its engraved mirrors inscribed with the smiling appearance of gushing fountains, with its coffers with silver-lacquered moldings, its tendrils of vines and its bunches of grapes, its bas-reliefs of white marble, its Sèvres biscuits, its coverings of beautiful Saint-Biat marble where a generous reflection of Champagne wine pulsates, with also its table glassware, a pure modern stylization of the ancient lotus flower..." in Gauthier (Maximilien), "Le Maître Verrier René Lalique à l'Exposition des Arts Décoratifs", La Renaissance de l'Art Français, September 1925, pp. 414 - 419.
The same model was therefore exhibited in this dining room and matched the rest of the furniture.
Archive No. 1: The Lalique Pavilion.
Archive No. 2: The Dining Room
Provenance
In 1925, the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs Industriels et Modernes opens its doors in the heart of Paris. René Lalique, the famous master glassmaker, participated in several projects and created his "Lalique Pavilion" in collaboration with Marc Ducluzeaud, architect.Following the drawings of René Lalique, the exteriors are executed by Pinton & Nion, Lacroix for the cement; L. Maison for the metal parts of the doors; the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres for the ceramic degrees. The interior was designed and executed by René Lalique and includes a dining room, executed by Charles Bernel:
"The dining room, finally, blond and snowy harmony with its engraved mirrors where is registered the cheerful appearance of gushing fountains, with its boxes in the silver lacquered mouldings, its tendrils of vines and its bunches, its bas-reliefs of white marble, its biscuits de Sevres, its coverings of beautiful marbles of Saint-Biat where palpitates like a generous reflection of wine of Champagne, with also its glassworks of table, pure modern stylization of the antique flower of lotus. ..." in Gauthier (Maximilien), "Le Maître Verrier René Lalique à l'Exposition des Arts Décoratifs", La Renaissance de l'Art Français, September 1925, pp. 414 - 419.
This model was exposed in this dining room and matched the rest of the furniture.
Archive n°1: The Lalique Pavilion.
Archive n°2: The Dining Room
Exhibitions
Exposition des Arts Décoratifs Industriel et Modernes, Paris, 1925, model in the dining room of the Lalique Pavilion.Publications
Exposition des Arts Décoratifs Industriel et Modernes, Paris, 1925, model in the dining room of the Lalique Pavilion.Gauthier (Maximilien), "Le Maître Verrier René Lalique à l'Exposition des Arts Décoratifs," La Renaissance de l'Art Français, September 1925, pp. 414 - 419.
Exposition des Arts Décoratifs Paris; Bâtiments et Jardins, 1925, plate 47.
Marcilhac (Félix), "René Lalique. Catalog raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre", Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1989, p. 90.
Duncan (Alastair), "Maurice Dufrene, Authentic Art Deco Interiors from the 1925 Paris Exhibition," Antique's Collector's Club, p. 116, fig. 48.
Exh. cat. Encyclopedia of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in the 20th Century, Band 4 Furniture, New York, pl. XXXVI.
Dufrene (Maurice), "Ensembles Mobiliers - 2ème série", Edition Charles Moreau, 1925, pl. 11 and 12.
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