Vase

Physical description

Vase, acid-etched glass, wheel-cut with a delicate pattern of flowers in Japanese style, with silver-gilt mounts.

Place of Origin

Nancy, France (made)
Paris, France (made)

Date

1889 (made)

Artist/maker

Gallé, Emile Charles Martin, born 1846 - died 1904 (designer)
Hotin, M. A. (decorator)
François-Désiré Froment-Meurice, born 1802 - died 1855 (silversmith)
Cristallerie de Gallé (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Wheel-cut and acid-etched glass, with silver-gilt mounts

Marks and inscriptions

'Escalier de Cristal' incised

Dimensions

Height: 23.2 cm

Object history note

Like many of his contemporaries Galle was very influenced by Japanese design, and the glass of this vase is cut with a delicate pattern of flowers in Japanese style.

Descriptive line

Vase, designed by Emile Gallé, decorated by M.A. Hotin at Gallé glassworks, mounts by P.H.E. Froment-Meurice, Nancy and Paris, 1889, C.1212-1917 .

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Arwas, Room 8 labels etc; Aslin, E French Exbn Pieces; Dusseldorf, Glas des Jugendstil, etc etc (check) Gazette des Beaux-Arts 3e periode tome 2e (1889) expo. Universelle du 1889, plp434

Exhibition History

Art Nouveau - 1890-1914 (Metropolitan Museum, Japan 21/04/2001-08/07/2001)
Art Nouveau - 1890-1914 (Victoria and Albert Museum 06/04/2000-30/07/2000)
Paris Exhibition (01/01/1889-31/12/1889)

Labels and date

'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'

This vase was shown as "Vase en cristal rose" on the Froment-Maurice stand at the Paris 1889 Exhibition. Designed by Emile Gallé, the glass was etched by M.A. Hotin. The silver-gilt mount, chased by M. Messager, was made by Emile Froment-Meurice, son of the firm's founder, François-Désiré. The vase was subsequently marked on the underside and sold by the retailer Escalier de Cristal, Palais Royal. The delicacy of Gallé's naturalism is somewhat overlaid by Froment-Meurice's exuberant rococo style. [1987-2006]

Materials

Silver-gilt; Cut glass

Techniques

Gilding; Cutting (glassworking)

Subjects depicted

Floral patterns

Categories

Containers; Glass; Vases

Collection code

CER