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Vase

1889 (made)
Artist/Maker
Cristallerie De Gallé (manufacturer)
Gallé, Emile (designer)
Place of origin
Nancy (made)

Glass decorated with enamelled colours and gilding


Object details

Categories
Glass
Vases
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Mould-blown glass, enamelled and gilded
Gilt
Glass
Blown
Enamelled
Gilded
Brief description
Vase, France, Lorraine (Nancy), designed by Emile Gallé, for Gallé glassworks, 1888-9
Physical description
Glass decorated with enamelled colours and gilding
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.5cm
Style
19TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
'E Gallé Nancy' incised (Makers's mark)
Gallery label
  • Label for 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900', Gallery 101, de-canted March 2017: '8 Enamelled Glass Vase 1889 Shown at the International Exhibition, Paris, 1889 At the Paris 1889 exhibition, Gallé's display, including this vase, was awarded a Grand Prix. The complex enamelling and gilding of this vase is typical of Gallé's interest in technique, but the design - perhaps derived from Persian lacquerwork - is very different from his later and better known Art Nouveau glassware. France, Nancy; designed by Emile Gallé; manufactured by Cristallerie de Gallé Glass mould-blown, with enamelling and gilding Museum no. 499-1889' (22/04/2017)
  • Shown in the international exhibition, Paris, 1889, where Gallé was awarded a Grand Prix (Grand prize).
  • VASE 499-1889 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900' At the Paris 1889 Exhibition Gallè’s glass display, including this vase, which was purchased from the maker, was awarded a Grand Prix. His was the most important section in the French exhibit and, with his ceramics and furniture also shown, Gallè achieved international acclaim. His technical virtuosity ranged from complex enamelling and gilding as in the piece to marvellously subtle and original colour effects within carved and etched layers of glass.(1987-2006)
Association
Exposition Universelle, 1889
Bibliographic reference
Arwas, Room 8 labels etc; Aslin, E French Exbn Pieces; Dusseldorf, Glas des Jugendstil,
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
499-1889

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1157/vase-gallé-emile/
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