Description
Pair of French Legras glass vases, 20th century. Dimensions: 25.5 X 8.0 cm.
Biography:
Legras’ big break came at the age of 20, when he landed an apprenticeship with a local glassworks. Once trained, he left to seek his fortune in Paris. That led him to the Plaine Saint-Denis glass factory in the north of the city.
He must have stood out from his colleagues because after only 3 years he was the factory’s director!
In the early years, Legras quickly focussed on two distinct markets. For the middle classes, he offered good quality decorative glass at accessible prices.
Alongside that, he catered to the huge demand for utilitarian glass from Paris’s many distillers. Legras eventually came to dominate the niche market in novelty liqueur bottles. Today, the most elusive pieces set pulses racing
In 1883, François-Théodore Legras teamed up with the philanthropist Sir Richard Wallace – he of Paris’s famous Wallace fountains. The partnership enabled him to fund a massive factory expansion and buy a second factory in Pantin, north-east Paris.
By the end of the century, Legras was running a vast industrial complex employing nearly 1,300 people, including many skilled glass workers from the Vosges.
French Legras vases – Two very beautiful and collectible vases.
Code: E680
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