French Art Nouveau Enameled Glass Vase by Francois-Theodore Legras
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The tube of this vase is enlarged and has a dark pink background. It is decorated with trees, a bird, plants and other details of nature.
About the Artist:
François-Théodore Legras is one of the four master glassmakers of Art Nouveau with Gallé, Daum and Lalique. The Legras Verrerie produces a very wide variety of models of various shapes and decorations. He participated in many national and international exhibitions where he is very often rewarded. He was also responsible for the glassware and crystal part of the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris.
François-Théodore Legras
1839–1916, Saint-Denis, France
- Born/Died
- 1839–1916
- Location
- Saint-Denis, near Paris
- Grand Prix
- 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle
- Contemporaries
- Émile Gallé, Daum, René Lalique
François-Théodore Legras was born in 1839 and died in 1916. He took a clerking role at a glassworks near his home village, then moved to the Plaine Saint-Denis glassworks near Paris, becoming director of glassware production by 1866.
Legras founded his own manufactory, Legras et Cie, which grew into the largest glass manufactory in the Paris region. He is recognized alongside Émile Gallé, the Daum brothers, and René Lalique as a leading Art Nouveau glassmaker, and won the Grand Prix at the 1900 Paris World's Fair.
Biographical detail from Culturical.
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