Collection Francis Meyer - L'Âme du Verre

Collection Francis Meyer - L'Âme du Verre

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Émile Gallé

Endormeuses saisons vase, 1900

Auction Closed

October 8, 02:29 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 EUR

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Description

ÉMILE GALLÉ

 

Endormeuses saisons vase, 1900


Multi-layered glass

Acid-etched cameo and partially wheel-carved decoration

Engraved signature Gallé and dated 1900 on the flank

H. : 44,5 cm ; 17,5 in.

For the model :

Emile Nicolas, « M. Emile Gallé à l'Expostion de 1900 : La Verrerie», La Lorraine, 15 January 1901, p. 27

Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons : 1895-1914, Volume IV : Cermacis & Glass, Woodbridge Suffolk, 1998, p. 211

Alastair Duncan and Georges de Bartha, Glass by Gallé, New York, 1984, p. 183 and 205

This vase was made by Émile Gallé from a design by Louis Hestaux.

This model was presented by at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris in the Repos dans la solitude showcase.