Expect your sense of vision to go into overdrive when you enter the new Parisian quarters of Maison Baccarat ... chandelier plunged into a large glass aquarium in the foyer, a hallway lined ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Among crystal stemware, the Harcourt glass, created by the French company Baccarat in 1841, stands apart.