Art Deco Glass
In Britain art deco glass was produced by Joblings, Bagley, Stevens & Williams, Davidson, Sowerby, and Moncrieff.
In Belgium there was a series of Art Deco pieces made by Val St. Lambert, and in Germany it was made by Auguste Walther and Sohne.
In the 1920s Rene Lalique became famous for his work in Art Deco Glass and he was responsible for the walls of lighted glass and the elegant glass columns that filled the dining room and grand salon of the SS Normandie. He also produced some very collectable glass mascots.
The ever popular art deco style is an architectural and decorative-arts style, popular from 1910 to 1940.
Art deco is characterised by highly stylised natural and geometric forms and ornaments, which are usually very symmetrical. Art Deco themes were often classical motifs reduced to geometric stylisations.
Art Deco glass uses geometric patterns, bold colours, exuberant, sometimes stylised, female figures, and animal motifs. Major designers of Art Deco glass were Rene Lalique, Maurice Marinot, Daum Freres, Marius Sabino, Etling, Schneider, Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, and Francois Decorchemont.