Émile GalléEmile Galle Monumental Cameo Vase, Art Nouveau 28 inches tallCirca 1910- 1920
Circa 1910- 1920
About the Item
- Creator:Émile Gallé (1846 - 1904, French)
- Creation Year:Circa 1910- 1920
- Dimensions:Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 7 in (17.78 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:Good to fair condition. some scatter tiny scratches and surface abrasions that are are visible only on close inspection. Most of the white dots are specs of dust. . There is one 3/8 inch scuff on the shoulder The vase presents very well.
- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38531434843
Émile Gallé
“Art for art’s sake” was a belief strongly espoused by the celebrated French designer and glassworker Émile Gallé. Through his ethereal glass vases, other vessels and lamps, which he adorned with botanical and religious motifs, Gallé advanced the Art Nouveau ideology and led the modern renaissance of French glass.
Gallé was the son of successful faience and furniture maker Charles Gallé but studied philosophy and botany before coming to glassmaking later in life. The young Gallé’s expertise in botany, however, would inform his design style and become his signature for generations to come.
After learning the art of glassmaking, Gallé went to work at his father’s factory in Nancy. He initially created clear glass objects but later began to experiment with layering deeply colored glass.
While glassmakers on Murano had applied layers of glass and color on decorative objects before Gallé had, he was ever-venturesome in his northeastern France, taking advantage of defects that materialized during his processes and etching in natural forms like insects such as dragonflies, marine life, the sun, vines, fruits and flowers modeled from local specimens.
Gallé is also credited with reviving cameo glass, a glassware style that originated in Rome. He used cabochons, which were applied raised-glass decorations colored with metallic oxides and made to resemble rich jeweling. Gallé's cameo glass vases and vessels were widely popular at the Paris Exhibition of 1878, cementing his position as a talented designer and pioneer.
During the late 19th century, Gallé led breakthroughs in mass production and employed hundreds of artisans in his workshop.
Botany and nature remained great sources of inspiration for the artist's glassmaking — just as they had for other Art Nouveau designers. From approximately 1890 to 1910, the movement’s talented designers produced furniture, glass and architecture in the form of — or adorned with — gently intertwining trees, flowers and vines. But Gallé had many interests, such as Eastern art and ceramics. The Japanese collection he visited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (then the South Kensington Museum) during the 1870s had made an impression too.
Breaking free from the rigid Victorian traditions, Gallé infused new life and spirit into the art and design of his time through exquisitely crafted glass vessels and pioneering new glassworking techniques.
Find a collection of Émile Gallé vases and other furniture and decorative objects on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Miami, FL
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
- Mid-Century Metal and Colored Glass Sculpture - Like Stained GlassLocated in Miami, FLMid-Century enameled steel, glass sculpture that is visually balanced from 360 degrees. All the positive and negative spaces work in total harmony which is a testament to Samuel Cashwan...Category
1950s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsSteel
- Art Deco Le Verre Francais Cameo Schneider Art GlassBy Charles SchneiderLocated in Miami, FLWe are putting this work on Sale for only a short period of time! Great Price. Monumental Wide Flared Casiform Vessel Le Verre Francais Art Glass...Category
1920s Art Deco Still-life Sculptures
MaterialsGlass
- Untitled Carved Wood Sculpture - DriftwoodBy Mario Dal FabbroLocated in Miami, FLMario Dal Fabbro's "Untitled Carved Wood Sculpture" is somewhat reminiscent of driftwood with natural cracks that have been carved by the ebb and...Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsWood
- Carved Oak Wood Arts and Crafts Frame with Rabbit, Dog, Bird, Emu CarvingsLocated in Miami, FLHandmade Arts & Crafts channeled oak frame with chiseled relief farm animal decoration on each corner, pin and dovetail construction, artist cipher and date carved verso, 45"h x 31.5"w (outside), 37"h x 24"w (inside) Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington...Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
MaterialsWood
- Westside Highway Cast Iron Roundel Art Deco - Rene Paul ChambellanLocated in Miami, FLWe have 3 Cast Iron Roundels from the Old West Side Highway in Manhattan. This sale is for one of them. Each retains its original industrial paint. If the paint is removed, the clear shape of the iron cast will be removed. Each roundel has a different image and story. They were designed in 1928 by Rene Paul Chambellan...Category
1920s Art Deco Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsIron
- Nude Girl and Swan BronzeLocated in Miami, FLThis stylized figural study captures a young girl restraining a struggling swan trying to take flight purportedly by Marius Jean Antonin Mercié, bearing the incised signature “Mercié” on the base.. The work is quite heavy weighing in about 65 lbs and boasts an opulent dark patina. Unlike his signature work Gloria Victis, that has numerous versions, reproductions and casts, Girl and Swan may be of just a few casts or may be unique. With Barbedienne foundry mark on the tree stump behind the left foot. Mercie used Barbedienne for many of his works. Purchased from Toulouse Antiques...Category
1910s Art Nouveau Nude Sculptures
MaterialsBronze
- Little Spray Red-BlueBy Francois BelLocated in Miami, FLContemporary acrylic sculptureCategory
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
MaterialsGlass, Acrylic Polymer
- Banquet IV-Time Capsule-ipod2008-Resin Casting-UK Awarded Conceptual ArtistLocated in London, GBThe sculpture, Banquet IV - Time Capsule Project , is one of the pivotal pieces showcased in the 2016 London exhibition titled “ White" , a casting project by Shizico Yi, who is making her family and personal belongings into time capsule in transparency Epoxy. This ipod (2008) casted in rice, glass and Epoxy was her last ipod before iphone was invented; the ipod is still operable ( see pictures) even after pouring into the resin in 2016. As long the battery kept charged from time to time, you still can touch the screen and see images on the touch screen. ( ipod charger and the display stand are included) **Guarantee End to end tracking Delivery Worldwide with lowest shipping £22 flat-rate from the UK) Free Shipping in the UK. The Time Capsule sculpture...Category
2010s Conceptual Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsMetal, Wire
- Drago — a pair of two glass treasuries, golden dragon & grounded brownBy Katerina KrotenkoLocated in Helsinki, FIglass treasury, volume IX no. 7 & 8, golden & grounded brown Drago is a sculptural glassware that explores the concept of a treasury — the power of a container object to reflect th...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsGlass, Blown Glass
- Duality R - dynamic, translucent, red, glass, steel, abstract wall sculptureBy John Paul RobinsonLocated in Bloomfield, ONElegantly curved deep red glass pieces in twos are suspended on fine black steel cables in this dramatic new wall sculpture by Canadian artist John Paul Robinson. His glass work is i...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsMetal
- Fire Fly - large, red, translucent, feathers, solid glass wall sculptureBy John Paul RobinsonLocated in Bloomfield, ONCrimson glass feathers are gathered into a fiery composition in this dramatic wall sculpture by artist John Paul Robinson. The work is enhanced by the pa...Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
MaterialsGlass
- DikenLocated in New York, NYA sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on a wood pedestal. The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedest...Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures
MaterialsGlass, Acrylic, Wood