René Lalique, a Gemmologist's Perspective

The 5th Home Gemmology webinar held during the covid-19 lockdown period with the support of CIBJO - The World Jewellery Confederation, is on a gemmologist's perspective of René Lalique jewellery. The discussion will be essentially around the gem materials used by famed French Art Nouveau artist, illustrated mostly with the vast collection housed at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon, Portugal. His choices from coloured gemstones to biogenic gem materials, diamonds and glass, are related to the available sources at the period when he created his masterpieces in the late 1800s to the early 1900s.
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This video was edited from the recordings made on April 3 2020 during COVID-19 lockdown period.

[@hotrodneedname]

What a fantastic video! Thank you for putting this together to share about such a marvelous person.

[@Gunvor86]

This was super interesting! I love Lalique and Art Nouveau in general, and it was great to hear about it from a gemmological point of view.

[@Zav19844]

Thank you for making these available on RUclips.

[@darlenewong7069]

Another excellent presentation to the home gemmology series. Don't miss any of the other webinars in this series.

[@RuiGalopimdeCarvalhoFGADGA]

Many thanks 🙏🏻💎

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[@jwbookout]

A valuable perspective. Thank you for sharing your expertise.

[@srushti351-i1g]

Hey, amazing video.
Can you share the name of the museum to which Lalique donated his material?

[@RuiGalopimdeCarvalhoFGADGA]

Please forgive me the terrible delay. The Museum is Museu Calouste Gulbenkian

[@sbsmithie7971]

Hi thank you! So is the usual information one reads not correct that black opal was discovered 1907 in Lightning Ridge? Thank you

[@RuiGalopimdeCarvalhoFGADGA]

Lightning Ridge opals were reportedly discovered in the 1880s, with production starting in 1903. In Queensland, opals were already known also since the late 19th century.