The vase has an inscription engraved on the neck: To President Dal Piaz, a lover of moulded glass – in memory of my visit on the 6th of August 1921 R. Lalique. Private edition.
John Dal Piaz was President of the Compagnie générale transatlantique and called on René Lalique for the interior decoration of Le Paris, which completed its first transatlantic crossing in 1921.
Elegance and refinement were the watchwords René and Suzanne Lalique set themselves for decorating the conversation room. In a setting of deep mauve purpleheart wood, the armchairs were upholstered in a lampas fabric with a motif of prunus branches, echoing the garlands on the ceiling. The ceiling lights were adorned with daisies and the wall lights with veronica, but the high point of the collaboration between father and daughter was undoubtedly the wall decorations: on one side, a panel featuring a dove’s nest and on the other, a clock representing butterflies and moths in frantic flight. The motifs were made of glass and porphyry.
