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Glass, Room 131

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

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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 created	December 13, 1997
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1155/vase-gallé-emile/

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