"Lalique par Lalique" by Marc & Marie-Claude Lalique - 1977

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“
Lalique par Lalique” by Marc and Marie-Claude Lalique
was published in 1977 by EDIPOP, Lausanne and printed in Italy. The book, which measures approximately 9 ½ x 12 inches, contains 310 pages of text (in both French and English) and black & white and colored illustrations of the works of Lalique. A one-page sheet of Errata, measuring 5 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches, is tipped into the book. The book is hard bound in brown cloth covered boards with gilt printing on the front and spine. The book is enclosed in a dust jacket, which has colored pictures of two Lalique items on the front, Both the book and the dust jacket are in VERY GOOD;
INSPIRATION
While her grandfather used to begin by drawing his subjects, Marie-Claude Lalique modelled hers in plastiline, an earlier form of plasticine. She took her inspiration from nature and her numerous travels, particularly to Africa. She perpetuated her grandfather’s bestiary tradition, adding more exotic specimens such as lions, panthers and zebras.
UPDATING THE LALIQUE SPIRIT
Marie-Claude Lalique also followed in René’s footsteps by creating jewellery, at the end of the 1960s. By the time she took over the business in 1977, her main aim had become to ensure that the family tradition remained in tune with the trends of the day.
In the early 1990s she created her own perfumes. René Lalique had provided perfume with an image; Marie-Claude sought out new scents. She also ventured into the world of leathergoods and textiles.
With no children to pass the business on to, she sold it in 1994 to the Pochet Group. Marie-Claude Lalique died in 2003.
Marie-Claude Lalique, keeper of the Lalique family tradition in glass and crystal artistry until her retirement in 1994, died on April 14 on Captiva Island, Fla. She was 67 and lived on Captiva and in Provence.
The cause was complications of pneumonia, her family said.
Ms. Lalique was the last in the family line of renowned crystal artisans that began with her grandfather René Lalique, who designed perfume bottles for François Coty and opened a little retail shop in Paris in 1905. His work and business was carried on by his son, Marc, her father.