A land of creation, it is thanks to our history and the wealth of our resources – in water, wood and soil – that from the 16th century luxury manufactures were born in Meurthe & Moselle. In 1764, thanks to Louis XV, the first large glassworks in France was born in Baccarat. A little earlier, at the beginning of the 18th century, the earthenware factory of Lunéville-Saint-Clement, a royal manufacture, made a very fine place for itself in the art of the table. This art reached its peak at the end of the 19th century with artists such as Emile Gallé and the brothers Daum.
In 1764, the Bishop of Metz, Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval, asked King Louis XV for permission to create a glassworks on his lands in Baccarat. Over the centuries, Baccarat crystal has become one of the most famous in the world. If the factory cannot be visited, the museum retraces the history of crystal making and reveals more contemporary pieces.
DiscoverLe Longwy Enamels and Earthenware Museum invites you to discover a unique know-how in the world.
Through this visit you will learn more about the links that unite Longwy to the main European artistic movements, from the 1870s to the present day. A living heritage that impresses with the finesse of its work.
Classified in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, beaded and sequined embroidery is an art invented in 1870 in Lunéville, which consists of placing beads in chain stitch with a hook on a fabric. The pieces to be embroidered are hung on a loom. Its inventor, Louis Ferry, imagined threading the beads in advance and fixing the thread that holds them with the lace stitch called "Lunéville". The particularity of Lunéville beaded embroidery is that it is embroidered on the reverse side. The finesse of this art can be visited at the Lunéville embroidery conservatory.
DiscoverIn 1730 Jacques Chambrette opened a pottery in Lunéville and then a second in Saint-Clément in 1756. In 1922 Edouard Fenal, owner of the Badonviller pottery, became the owner of the factories in Saint-Clément and Lunéville. He established the Atelier d'Art de Lunéville, where Majorelle worked in particular. Sculptors created pieces in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles.
Although the factory has ceased operations, the famous Réverbère motif can still be found on many tables today!
After the war of 1870, Jean Daum, originally from Bitche, settled in Nancy and bought the Sainte-Catherine glassworks in 1878. His sons Antonin and Augustin oriented Daum production towards artistic creation and Jacques Grüber was recruited in 1893. That year, the Daum crystal factory participated in the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and won participation in the Nancy exhibition the following year. Today, the Daum Manufacture partners with the greatest artists and designers to create exceptional pieces!
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