Founded over a century ago, in 1888, Lalique has endured as the ultimate symbol of French luxury.

Today, the vision of the brand is to prolong the creative genius of founder René Lalique by issuing superb perfume bottles in crystal, reviving exciting and emotional jewellery designs, pushing the limits of the factory by creating decorative objects with its signature satin contrasts, carrying out major architectural projects, crafting a unique Lalique world dedicated to the home, working with renowned artists to produce limited editions in crystal and to recreate its cultural heritage.

A unique and exceptional know-how

A long process, from the creative studio to the manufacture

Thanks to a team of passionate designers, Lalique creates each year beautiful pieces inspired by three themes dear to René Lalique : women, flora and fauna. In the creation studio, our designers use traditional techniques such as drawing and modelling but also new technologies thanks to digitalization and 3D printing. Once at the factory, the manufacturing process begins. A single crystal piece can require up to 40 different steps.

A unique production facility

The Lalique factory, which began its production in 1922, was built by the company’s founder, René Lalique, in the village of Wingen-sur-Moder in Alsace, a region of France which has the strongest glassmaking traditions.

With precise and regular movements, the human hand, that of both artist and craftsman, creates pieces of exceptional quality while preserving the ancestral know-how. Lalique is proud to count among its craftsmen seven who carry the title of Best Craftsmen in France.

◾The first few stages of the long process of production are related to the manufacturing of the molds which is a fundamental know-how of the factory.

◾Then the glassmakers brave extreme temperatures in the “hot glass” workshops in order to gather, clean, shape and reheat the crystal.

◾The melting crystal can reach 1,400°C and is captured and manipulated using a variety of techniques.

Some large or artistic pieces need to be manufactured with the ‘lost-wax’ technique, a technique used by René Lalique until 1930. Its particularity is the use of single-use molds in plaster instead of cast-iron molds.

In the “cold glass” workshops, a piece will undergo a succession of manual operations. These represent 2/3 of the time spent on the manufacturing of each object. The importance given to cold glass is characteristic of Lalique. It is the result of the extreme attention given to details, finishing and to the sculpture of each creation