Legras
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At the turn of the century, the Legras glassworks employed
some 150 decorators and well over 1,000 glassworkers.
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This workforce for the most part concentrated on following prevailing styles rather than initiating them.
One of Legras's more original contributions was a range of acid-etched
cameo vases and bowls with an opaque pinky- beige glass body that resembled
cornelian.
The other was the Indiana range,
which also successfully
incorporated acid-etching, cutting, and enamelling. The red enamelled interior
surface was used to create the dramatic poppy design.
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The outer colour casing
was removed to allow the red enamel to shine through the transparent glass and
create the illusion of depth.
In the 1920s and 30s, when the factory had reopened after
World War I with Charles Legras as director, production concentrated on
acid-etched Art Deco intaglio designs.
Legras also produced a range of vases and lamps with a mottled surface that was then hand painted with enamels.
Many of the floral and landscape patterns were in the style of pieces by Daum Freres, with similar designs,
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Legras also produced a range of vases and lamps with a mottled surface that was then hand painted with enamels.
Many of the floral and landscape patterns were in the style of pieces by Daum Freres, with similar designs,
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as well as the technique of taking the effect of the design
over the lip or rim.
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