After graduating from the National College of Decorative arts in 1913, Georges Chevalier began working with Baccarat in
1916. In 1925, during the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, Chevalier designed not only
Baccarat crystal models, but also the inside and outside of the Baccarat Christofle pavilion. He worked for an impressively
long period with Baccarat in many different areas. Whether glass sets, plates, goblets, animal sculptures, perfume bottles
or jewellery, not a single field escaped the touch of this man with a passion for Baccarat crystal. Chevalier continued
untiringly to create for Baccarat right up till the 1970s, adding considerably to the repertoire of shapes and decorations.
His work took Baccarat into the modernity of the 20th century, but at the same time kept to the “traditional heritage” of
the crystal factory.
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Baccarat Crystal has, from the beginning, affixed its signature on strong works illustrating all the facets of artistic craftsmanship and covering a vast repertoire of inspiration.
In 1764 King Louis XV of France gave Bishop Montmorency-Laval of Metz permission to found a glassworks in the village of Baccarat located in Lorraine in eastern France.
The creations of great artists inspired by the magic of crystal are all magnificent stones brought together into building the Art de Vivre collection.
This is how Baccarat perpetuates the great French tradition of a cosmopolitan art of living. Envisioned by Philippe Starck, the Baccarat House in Paris, home to the brand’s headquarters, is a meeting place for its most beautiful creations – and one of its most beautiful manifestations.
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