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Frosted lobes twist up through the clear crystal of Ingrid, designed by Marc Lalique around 1964. Lalique is the iconic French maison of René Lalique, jeweller to the actress Sarah Bernhardt. Read its story.
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Long before this vase, René Lalique made jewels for the actress Sarah Bernhardt, and in 1900 the Great Exhibition in Paris crowned that early career. That year France named him an Officer of the Legion d'Honneur. He went on to decorate the Côte d'Azur Pullman Express and to help shape the liner Normandie's first-class dining room. His son Marc Lalique designed the Ingrid vase around 1964, giving French crystal the finish of a fine ornament. Its satin surfaces meet polished clarity the way a goldsmith sets a stone.
At heart Ingrid is a vase of quiet grandeur, mold-pressed and acid-etched into a form of remarkable heft. Its broad silhouette has the calm assurance of sculpture. Seen from any side, the twisting lobes give the glass a slow, turning rhythm.
Pointed arches of bright, unfrosted glass open where the lobes reach the rim, like the windows of a cathedral. Up close, the satin finish reveals fine brushed lines, silken beside the polished body. The rim spreads wide, thick and flat, a bold band of shine. As daylight shifts, the frost glows softly while the clear crystal flashes in turn.
Lalique began with a jeweler's eye. Born in Aÿ, in the Marne, René Lalique was apprenticed as a young man to the jeweler Louis Aucoc. He also studied at England's Crystal Palace School of Art. In the mid-1880s he opened his own workshop in Paris, where jewels would one day give way to glass.
Paris crowned him in 1900. At the Great Exhibition he shone with jewels for stars such as Sarah Bernhardt, and that year he was named an Officer of the Legion d'Honneur. The illustrious maison went on to adorn the Cote d'Azur Pullman Express and the liner Normandie.
His son Marc carried the maison into crystal. Today Wingen-sur-Moder remains the only place in the world where Lalique crystal is made, and its artisans hand down their craft from generation to generation. Its crystal now shines in homes across the globe, chosen by collectors who know the difference between beautiful and sublime. They know each piece carries the vision of a jeweler who turned glass into art.
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