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Legras glass, the powerhouse of Pantin

Legras glass, the powerhouse of Pantin You can almost smell the crisp, wintry air. Forest scenes like this appear again and again on Legras glass. They recall the forests of the Vosges, where François-Théodore Legras (1839-1916) worked, like his father, as a woodcutter – before going on to build one of France’s great glassmaking empires. A…

De Feure vase with figures from antiquity

Georges De Feure, designing Art Nouveau

Georges de Feure, designing Art Nouveau De Feure ‘Grecian’ vase c1900 An intriguing signature on the base of this lovely old vase. It’s crisply moulded, very heavy and obviously special. But who was Georges De Feure? A factory? A studio? An artist? An artist, it turns out – and not just any old artist. Georges…