Pair of Art Deco vases in satin blown glass, with floral enamel decoration, signed Legras. 1920s-1930s. The Legras house is one of the great names in French glassmaking. Founded in 1864 in Saint-Denis by Auguste Jean François Legras, it quickly became one of Europe's most productive manufacturers, employing several hundred glassworkers. Where Gallé and Daum focused on exclusivity and unique pieces, Legras developed a broader production, without ever sacrificing the quality of the decoration. Its enamels, hand-applied on frosted or satin glass, achieve remarkable chromatic intensity. In the 1920s-1930s, the house fully embraced the Art Deco turn, producing more graphic, more geometrized decorations, without abandoning the floral vocabulary that made its reputation. These two Art Deco vases feature an enameled decoration representing a large stylized flower with deep red, almost incandescent petals, that seem to float on the frosted glass. The long black stems, vibrant and drooping, are characteristic of the Legras Art Deco style in its most expressive and graphic creations. The "Legras" signature is painted in red on each piece. The two vases show old cracks in the glass, visible in the photographs and accounted for in the price. The set retains a very beautiful visual presence and a luminous quality characteristic of French Art Deco glassware.
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- Brand: Legras
- Material: Émail
- Period: Années