Missing Material! Where Did The R Lalique Go?

A great R Lalique piece suffers some damage. Sometimes the best way to make it "presentable" for the owner, is to polish it up and make it all match again. The Amiens Vase on the right is such an example. Maybe one of the bottom decorative elements had a big chunk broken off. Who knows. But sometime in its life, the owner decided to make it all look right. Not a problem for the informed buyer, that knows what to look for, and knows what he (or she) is paying for.

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R Lalique Repairs & Alterations

The Full Monty*	Hemmed
The Full Monty*	Wavy Trim
The Full Monty*	Haircut
The Full Monty*	Haircut
The Full Monty*	Chopped Off at the Knees
The Full Monty*	Guillotine
The Full Monty*	Sllce
The Full Monty*	Buzzcut
The Full Monty*	Buzzcut
The Full Monty*	Buzzcut

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*The Full Monty is said to have many origins as an expression, the most famous referring to he size of the breakfast favored by Field Marshal Montgomery. But the one we think best (OK, the one we like best), originates with the British tailors Montague Burton. Montague Burton started with one shop in Chesterfield, Derbyshire just after the turn of the century, and grew to over 600 tailor shops and 14 factories. Started by Sir Montague Burton, a Lithuanian Jewish immigrant to England, the firm would rise to operate the largest clothing factory in the world, employing 10,000 people on its site on Hudson Road in Leeds where it made 30,000 suits a week. According to period accounts, lore, and recollection, Montague Burton had a basic two piece suit consisting of a jacket and trousers that they offered for sale. But for a little extra money, you could add a waistcoat and a 2nd pair of trousers. If you got all that, you got everything, which meant you got the "Full Monty".