In 2012 the Corning Museum of Glass received an important collection of approximately 400 objects by the famous luxury glassmaker René Lalique (French, 1860-1945), from Maryland collectors Stanford and Elaine Steppa. Combined with the Museum’s existing holdings of glass objects and wax and plaster models by Lalique, the Glenn and Mary Lou Utt Archive related to Lalique designs for the fragrance industry, the drawings and photographs housed in the Rakow Research Library, the gift of the Steppa Collection makes the Museum a preeminent international repository for the study of Lalique glass.

The Museum is now showcasing its Lalique collection in a major exhibition. Attendees of the Carder Steuben Club will be treated to a tour of not only the glass exhibition from Kelley Elliott, curator of the exhibit, but also the compatible exhibit at the Rakow Library, entitled “Designing for a New Century: Works on Paper by Lalique and His Contemporaries.”

A highlight of the Steppa collection is a heavy cire perdue vase called Martins-Pecheurs sur fond de roseaux (Kingfishers on a background of reeds), created in 1930. Other significant objects include the remarkable clock, Le Jour et la nuit (Day and night), and the iconic Art Deco statuette of a dancer, Suzanne.

We’ll Miss You Lisa

Hi Alan,
I regret that Dan and I won’t be attending again this year. Too much going on. I’m bummed as I will miss seeing the Lalique exhibit, too! :Oh well….
Wanted to show how we are attempting to introduce ‘relevance’ of old glass to what we hope is a new generation. In our window at the shop we have a collection of vanity table items. Yes that is a post Carder Steuben cigarette holder employed as a Q-tip holder.