The mysterious Monsieur De Vez
Some great names in French glass lasted centuries. De Vez existed only briefly but left us some extraordinary art nouveau glass.
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…