If you are a fan of the unique and luminous beauty of glass and crystal ware, look no further than French crystal house, Lalique. With its new store at Mandarin Gallery, we now have access to the wonderful legacy of René Lalique, the brand’s brilliant founder whose revolutionary creations and techniques made him the master of Art Nouveau jewellery in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Taking his inspiration from nature and the sensual female form, Lalique’s designs were audaciously original for their time and won him the admiration of his contemporaries and the patronage of high society. Infusing his naturalist themes with magical and mythical symbolism, he managed to bring forth an unconventional beauty in his work that had not been seen before. This pursuit of creativity, coupled with a traditional know-how passed down over a hundred years, continued to be at the heart of Lalique.

One of the greatest contributions Lalique made to his craft of glass and crystal making was to make available his beautiful works of art to people of more modest means. Starting with the bottles he designed for the leading perfumers of the ‘20s and ‘30s, he cleverly combined mechanical processes with the immaterial presence of the human hand and was able to produce articles of artistic merit at a considerably lower price. It is this fusion of innovation, craftsmanship and impeccable style that has sustained Lalique’s success over the last century and it is also these traits that will see it into the next.

Today, Lalique crystal is still produced at the same factory that René Lalique built in the Alsace region back in 1921. For a piece of this amazing heritage, seek out the Lalique store at Mandarin Gallery.

LALIQUE is located at #01-16, Mandarin Gallery with prices starting from SGD235 for a crystal pendant