Created in 1934<\/p>\n
These glasses were designed by Ren\u00e9 Lalique and his daughter Suzanne Lalique-Haviland for the luxury apartments of the Normandie <\/em>ocean liner. They bear the monogram CGT \u2013 Compagnie G\u00e9n\u00e9rale Transatlantique \u2013 as do the plates produced by Th\u00e9odore Haviland, also designed by Suzanne.<\/p>\n The Normandie,<\/em> launched in 1935, was the epitome of the dream ship: it was not only the largest and fastest liner of its time, but also the image of absolute luxury and refinement. For the monumental dining room, whose dimensions exceeded those of the Galerie des Glaces in the Palace of Versailles, Ren\u00e9 Lalique designed elements worthy of the scale: two chandeliers, forty eight torch\u00e8res<\/em> (floor lamps) four metres high, twelve gigantic fire pots three metres high with a diameter of one metre fifty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Created in 1934 These glasses were designed by Ren\u00e9 Lalique and his daughter Suzanne Lalique-Haviland for the luxury apartments of the Normandie ocean liner. They bear the monogram CGT \u2013 Compagnie G\u00e9n\u00e9rale Transatlantique \u2013 as do the plates produced by Th\u00e9odore Haviland, also designed by Suzanne. The Normandie, launched in 1935, was the epitome of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":14334,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14455","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n