Lalique

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The V&A holds his bottle for Coty’s L’Origan. The firm has belonged to the Swiss group Art & Fragrance since 2008.

The record

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Name

Lalique

documented

Lalique (Firme) forme internationale

BNF-LALIQUE · Bibliothèque nationale de France · read 2026-10-08

confidence A

Kind

glassmaker

house classification

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the grouping on /houses: what the firm was chiefly known for in the sources read

confidence B

Founded

1885 (year)

documented

Manufactured by Lalique et Cie (French, founded 1885)

AIC-69382 · Art Institute of Chicago · read 2026-10-08
MUSEE-LALIQUE-RENE · René Lalique — Musée Lalique (Wingen-sur-Moder) · read 2026-10-08

confidence A

Founders

• René Lalique
  documented

  In 1885, he took over Jules Destapes’ atelier in Paris and became a full-fledged jeweller.

  MUSEE-LALIQUE-RENE · René Lalique — Musée Lalique (Wingen-sur-Moder) · read 2026-10-08

  “he” is René Lalique (Musée Lalique)

  confidence A

Places

• Paris, a boutique opened in 1905 (works)
  documented

  Boutique ouverte à Paris en 1905.

  BNF-LALIQUE · Bibliothèque nationale de France · read 2026-10-08

  confidence A

• Combs-la-Ville, a glassworks rented in 1908 and bought in 1913 (works)
  documented

  Lalique rented the Compagnie Générale d'Éléctricité glassworks, Combs-la-Ville in the autumn of 1908, purchasing it in 1913

  VAM-O2687 · Victoria and Albert Museum · read 2026-10-08

  confidence A

• Wingen-sur-Moder, Alsace, from 1921 (works)
  documented

  Usine de fabrication de verre à Wingen-sur-Moder en 1921.

  BNF-LALIQUE · Bibliothèque nationale de France · read 2026-10-08

  confidence A

Documented work

• L'Origan · its bottle, made for Coty
  documented

  Lalique scent bottle, designed for Coty L'Origan perfume.

  VAM-O1756568 · Victoria and Albert Museum · read 2026-10-08

  confidence A

• François Coty · bottles for his perfumes, from 1907
  documented

  in 1907 he met the famous perfumer François Coty. He began creating perfume bottles for specific perfumes both for Coty and other perfumers

  MUSEE-LALIQUE-RENE · René Lalique — Musée Lalique (Wingen-sur-Moder) · read 2026-10-08

  confidence A

What it became

• acquired by the Swiss group Art & Fragrance (2008)
  documented

  The company was acquired in 2008 by the Swiss group, Arts et Fragrance

  MUSEE-LALIQUE-TODAY · Lalique today — Musée Lalique (Wingen-sur-Moder) · read 2026-10-08

  confidence A

Today

an active company with its head office in Paris (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)

documented

etat_administratif: A

REG-LALIQUE · Insee and DINUM · read 2026-10-08

confidence A

Wikidata

Q2406369

documented

"qid": "Q2406369"

WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) · read 2026-09-30

the Wikidata item read for this house (its English label: Lalique)

confidence A

Where the sources disagree

• When the Coty commission began: 1907 for the Musée Lalique and the firm’s timeline; the V&A’s record ties the glassworks rented in autumn 1908 to it. (MUSEE-LALIQUE-RENE, VAM-O2687)

Sources

1. AIC-69382 · Art Institute of Chicago. Archers Vase (AIC 69382), the museum’s open-access record (API). api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/69382 · read 2026-10-08 · CC0 1.0 (all API data except the description field, which is CC BY 4.0)
2. BNF-LALIQUE · Bibliothèque nationale de France. Authority record ark:/12148/cb12581238f: Lalique (Firme). catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12581238f · read 2026-10-08 · Licence Ouverte de l'État (Etalab) — BnF descriptive and authority metadata
3. MUSEE-LALIQUE-RENE · René Lalique — Musée Lalique (Wingen-sur-Moder). Musée Lalique. www.musee-lalique.com/en/discover/lalique-more-t… · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (quoted, not reproduced)
4. MUSEE-LALIQUE-TODAY · Lalique today — Musée Lalique (Wingen-sur-Moder). Musée Lalique. www.musee-lalique.com/en/discover/lalique-more-t… · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (quoted, not reproduced)
5. REG-LALIQUE · Insee and DINUM. The Sirene company register, read through the Annuaire des Entreprises API (recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr): LALIQUE SA, SIREN 775667736. recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr/search?q=77566… · read 2026-10-08 · Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab), as stated on the API page at data.gouv.fr
6. VAM-O1756568 · Victoria and Albert Museum. Scent bottle and box, c. 1911, René Lalique for Coty (V&A C.112:1 to 3-2023), the museum’s open-access record (API). api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O1756568 · read 2026-10-08 · V&A website terms of use, section 9.3 (quoted, not reproduced)
7. VAM-O2687 · Victoria and Albert Museum. Scent bottle 'Cyclamen', designed 1909 by René Lalique (V&A C.1501-1924), the museum’s open-access record (API). api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O2687 · read 2026-10-08 · V&A website terms of use, section 9.3 (quoted, not reproduced)
8. WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation): the items named on each record (each statement read with its references), read 2026-09-30. www.wikidata.org · read 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0

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