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Vase

1889 (made)
Artist/Maker
Cristallerie De Gallé (manufacturer)
Gallé, Emile (designer)
Hotin, M. A. (decorator)
Froment-Meurice, François-Désiré (silversmith)
Place of origin
Nancy (made)
Paris (made)

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

Object details

Categories
ELISE
Glass
Containers
Vases
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Wheel-cut and acid-etched glass, with silver-gilt mounts
Cut Glass
Silver-Gilt
Cutting (Glassworking)
Gilding
Brief description
Vase, designed by Emile Gallé, decorated by M.A. Hotin at Gallé glassworks, mounts by P.H.E. Froment-Meurice, Nancy and Paris, 1889
Physical description
Vase, acid-etched glass, wheel-cut with a delicate pattern of flowers in Japanese style, with silver-gilt mounts.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.2cm
Style
19TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
'Escalier de Cristal' incised (Retailer's identification)
Gallery label
(1987-2006)
'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.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Henry Louis Florence, Esq.
Object history
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.
Subject depicted
Floral Patterns
Bibliographic reference
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
Other number
9460 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.1212-1917

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O2296/vase-gallé-emile/
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