Charles Schneider French art deco glass - Tiny Esveld; Marie-christine Joulin

French art deco glass

KORTE INHOUD

In 1924 the Schneider glassworks build the biggest concrete hall ever with the most modern furnaces. In 1926 they are the biggest glass factory in France, with almost 500 employees. In 1925 Charles was asked to be a member of the jury at the Exposition des Art Decoratifs in Paris. His coupe bijoux and the big black footed bowls in contrasting colours were an enormous success all over the world. Most of their production went to North and South America. The glass of Charles Schneider has such joyful colours, bright and happy colours like orange and yellow. It looks like the sun shines every day. The little bijoux vases are jewels of technique and shape and colour. The "Le verre Francais" line had a great success with the stylized flowers in stunning colours. As the majority of the Le verre francais glass was only etched one time, the producing costs were low. The general public loved these bright vases. The success of the Schneider factory continued until 1929. In 1929 the banks on Wall street crashed and rich ...
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2015Uitgever: Tiny Esveld288 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 9081577662ISBN-13: 9789081577663

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