Faunes Door Handle Clear Crystal, Gilded Finish

Created by Marc Lalique in 1962, the Faunes door handles show two crystal faunas sculpted in relief, set amongst a motif of vine leaves and bunches of grapes. Trained as a jeweler at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Paris in the late 1880's, Rene Lalique gained recognition as an independent designer for some of the era's great jewelry houses including Cartier and Boucheron. Eventually, he turned to glassmaking, and his techniques were a triumph for the Art Deco movement. Every piece of Lalique is finely detailed and produced by hand in Alsace, France.