Haute Couture Eclat de Lumière Vase

A kaleidoscope of glyphs, a fresco of details, the Éclats de Lumière Vase is a testament to the masterful skill of Baccarat’s magicians in the art of cutting crystal. Minute or opulent, if each ornament seems almost hypnotic, it is because dexterity permeates even the slightest gesture of its creation. Because the crystal must be hollowed out to the nearest tenth to fulfill its promise, this gesture is barely a graze – it is a caress. At Baccarat, the accuracy of depth and the mastery of relief are subject to extremely precise criteria, because in order to create a vase that meets the House’s high standards, no surface can endure even the slightest scratch or deviation. This is how the carved stem, crisscrossed bevels, and bodice emblazoned with pontilles and olives reveal their lightness. The challenge of this reinterpretation is brought on by this black-lined clear crystal’s presence, the crafting of which requires unfaltering vigilance. Until a piece is definitively validated, the craftsman relies on all his or her senses and skills to embellish it. It is up to Baccarat and its finest magicians, whose savoir-faire over the years has proven to reconcile the paradox of an element that is as much day as it is night. In this way, the House finds its place at the equinox; writing poetry in the unison of contrast.