RENE LALIQUE DECORATIVE PANEL 'BLACKBIRD AND GRAPES', MODEL CREATED in 1928

Model created in 1928
DECORATIVE PANEL 'BLACKBIRD AND GRAPES', THE MODEL CREATED ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1928 FOR THE 'COTE D'AZUR PULLMAN – EXPRESS'
Recessed, rectangular shape, in molded-pressed glass on a silver leaf background
52,5 x 42,5 cm. (20 5/8 x 16¾ in.)

Model 1B
Cf.: Félix Marcilhac, René Lalique, catalogue raisonné of the glass work, les éditions de l’amateur, Paris, 2004, p. 185, fig.

MERLES ET RAISINS', A MOLDED GLASS PANEL WITH SILVER LEAF BY RENE LALIQUE, THE MODEL DESIGNED 22ND SEPTEMBER 1928 FOR THE 'COTE D'AZUR PULLMAN – EXPRESS

There are 5 large panels decorated with blackbirds and grapes made for the occasion

The refinement of the joint work of René and Suzanne Lalique is perfectly illustrated in the panel Merles et Raisins. Designed by Suzanne and René, this panel adorned the interior of the Côte d'Azur Pullman Express, a prestigious train, testifying to the timeless elegance of their creation.
Together, they also designed for this train linking the Riviera and very fashionable at the time, plane tree panels decorated with bouquets of flowers, designed by Suzanne and delicately encrusted with silver powder.”