Lady in White (c. 1917-18) is a Lady in White smalti mosaic that captures the airy elegance of Klimt’s late portraits, where the figure feels luminous and almost weightless against a soft, atmospheric ground. In smalti, the whites are not a single white but a chorus of pale tones that create gentle movement through the gown, like fabric caught in a slow current. The subtle golds and creams in the background bring warmth and radiance, giving this hand-cut smalti portrait a serene, floating quality that feels both modern and timeless.

An artistic smalti mosaic re-interpretation of Gustav Klimt’s work by Valter Solari, Chef de Mosaïque.

The Paris Ceramics smalti glass collection brings together handcrafted glass mosaics made from richly pigmented smalti, cut and placed piece by piece to create depth, movement and a distinctive light-reflecting surface. Each design is built with an artisanal, old-world sensibility, ideal for architectural settings where colour, texture and craftsmanship need to feel unmistakably special.

Lady in White Smalti Mosaic in Glass

The Lady in White smalti mosaic is especially suited to interiors where quiet luminosity is more powerful than spectacle. The elongated figure, pale dress and softly worked ground give the piece a graceful vertical presence, while the hand-cut glass creates a surface that changes subtly with light and viewpoint.

The work also belongs to a broader decorative lineage associated with Klimt, portraiture, pattern and atmospheric surface design. In mosaic form, the image is not simply reproduced. It is rebuilt through thousands of small decisions of tone, cut, direction and reflected light. For related image-led decorative surfaces, our wider mosaic surfaces collection offers further routes into artisan glass mosaic, colour and ornament.

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