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Val-Saint-Lambert,Cristalleries du, A Belgium based principal
glass factory. It was founded on the site of a monastery
near Liege in 1825. Originally it produced English style
glassware and later it manufactured its own Art Nouveau and
Art Deco style designs.
Van Cleff & Arples A firm of jewellers founded in Paris
in 1906, they were noted for their style of setting stones
without the metal holds showing (called invisibly set).
They also introduced the minaudiere for women, this
was a decorative box that had sections so that it could hold
items such as make up, money, and cigarettes.
van de Velde, Henri (1863 - 1957) A Belgian designer
and architect, he was an influential practitioner and teacher
of Art Nouveau styles. He founded the design group Deutscher
Werkbund. His designs were simple and elegant, sparsely
decorated furniture, that had parallel curves earlier and
elongated angular shapes later, as well as porcelain for
Meissenm and Jewellery and metalwork.
Vandyke rim A scalloped border on glassware or ceramics
named from the pointed lace collars that were seen in
portraits of the English court and were by the Flemish
artist Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641).
vargueno A 19th Century Spanish term for 16th - 17th
Century drop front desk resting on a chest or trestle stand
and elaborately inlaid decorated.
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