I must be getting senile,I'm sorry I alluded to glass. In my mind I had him associated with Tiffany.I'm doing your reading for you now I'm afraid.He was THE great innovator and introduced many varied techniques to jewelry making.Up to that point it was pretty much just diamonds and settings but with the salon of 1895 at the musee du Luxembourg(which might actually be in Paris)he hit the big-time.As a child he was always fascinated with the beauty of nature;flowers trees,plants consumed his interest for hours(that's how it starts) and because he studied this stuff so carefully, he was able to reproduce the immaculate STRUCTURE and translate the natural beauty into original jewelry pieces.His innovations with technique were eclipsed only by the introduction of a variety of semi-precious as well as precious jewels.Coral ,agate,jet and jasper,mother of pearl,opals onyx just to mention a few.Then he got into enameling in a big way.many new techniques were introduced from Japan ,especially in metal working.Lost wax casting,chasing ,carving,saw piercing,patinating,engraving and stamping to name a few.more later...