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Vase

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

Vase, France, Lorraine (Nancy), designed by Emile Gallé, for Gallé glassworks, 1889

Object details

Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
mould-blown, enamelled
Brief description
Vase, France, Lorraine (Nancy), designed by Emile Gallé, for Gallé glassworks, 1889
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.7cm
Style
19TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
'E Gallé Nancy' incised (Makers's mark)
Gallery label
This vase was shown in the international exhibition, Paris, 1889, where Gallé was awarded a Grand Prix (Grand prize). Like many of his contemporaries, Gallé was very influenced by Japanese design. The assymetrical, informal arrangement of the thistles on this vase derives from Japanese prints. The thistle was also a symbol for the area of Lorraine, of which Nancy, Gallé's home, was the capital. It was frequently used for patriotic reasons as a symbol of defiance, most particularly during times of conflict between France and Prussia when Lorraine was at its most vulnerable.
Association
Exposition Universelle, 1889
Bibliographic reference
Arwas, Room 8 labels etc; Aslin, E French Exbn Pieces; Dusseldorf, Glas des Jugendstil, cat. no. 172
Other number
9455 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
497-1889

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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