Hettier & Vincent; Charles Schneider

HETTIER & VICENT (Paris, active 1920's), CHARLES SCHNEIDER (1881-1953).
Art Deco chandelier, Paris, ca. 1930s.
Bronze and glass.
Glass lampshades, signed by Schneider.
Measurements: 100 x 110 x 110 cm.

Ceiling lamp of great refinement, which combines the work of two undisputed firms of Art Deco decoration: Charles Schneider and Hettier & Vincent. The bronze structure, which starts from a central body decorated with pods and gadroons, is the work of the Parisian Hettier & Vincent, authors of spectacular chandeliers like the one we show, with six finely chiseled arms with plant-inspired motifs. The six lampshades are the work of Schneider. They feature cut glass with Art Deco incisions that dialogue with the decorative notches of the bronze.

Ernest (1877-1937) and Charles Schneider (1881-1953) founded a small glassworks in Epinay-sur-Seine, France, in 1911. Charles Schneider, a graduate of the School of Fine Arts in Paris and gifted with artistic skills out of the ordinary, will get along with his brother that their production becomes the most important art glassware in France between 1926 and 1930. His were always hand-blown pieces, which meant that each glass in the same series would never be identical to another. At the same time, the range of hot and cold decoration processes was always applied with virtuoso mastery. Charles Schneider meticulously studied the temperature and chemical compositions to obtain an extremely extensive palette of colors, some of them never seen before and of unprecedented strength in the art of glass. The so-called Tango, for example, an explosive orange, will become the most innovative. Known as Verreries Schneider, the firm made two production lines. The first, under the Le Verre Français brand, includes pieces decorated with the acid-etched cameo technique, with generally two colors of glass superimposed and a stylized floral decoration, shiny on a matte background. The second line, under the emblematic Schneider brand, consists of pieces in shorter series, sometimes unique, proposing a smooth and shiny glassware, with more elaborate and personal decorative techniques. In any case, the triumph of this firm was undoubtedly due to the creative frenzy, enthusiasm, talent and genius of one man, Charles Schneider.

Hettier & Vincent was founded in 1920 and was first based in Rue de Turenne in Paris. In 1929, the company moved to "Place de Vosges", one of the first addresses in Paris. The original "Hettier et Vincent" glasses are in clear frosted glass, the large central glass is signed. The nine glasses are in good original condition. The heavy and solid wrought iron "Fer forgé" frame bears the F.A.G. "Fe