Legras

Legras 

Legras 

The Legras glassworks was a great commercial success. Its early cameo range in the Art Nouveau style catered for the huge market created by the popularity of the glass of Emile Galle and Daum Freres and followed their style of enamelled decoratio

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.

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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.

Most pieces are signed "Legras".