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What are Gallé lamps?

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What are Gallé lamps?
Designed by Émile Gallé, one of the main influencers of the Art Nouveau movement, the Gallé lamp is a decorated table lamp. The lamp stands on a circular base with a mushroom-like shade adorned in a floral motif. You can shop a range of Gallé lamps from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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Émile Gallé Establishments, Seagulls and Sailors Table Lamp, France 1920
By Emile Gallé
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb and rare blue hued sailors and seagulls Gallé table lamp, France circa 1920s. In very good condition. Dimensions in cm ( H x D ) : 51 x 24 Secure shipping. Émile Gallé was...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Glass

Gallé Cameo Glass Table Lamp
By Emile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite cameo glass table lamp is the work of the famed Art Nouveau master Émile Gallé, one of the most highly regarded names in French glassmaking. The artist's appreciation ...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Glass

Gallé Cameo Glass Table Lamp
By Emile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This stunning cameo glass lamp displays the unparalleled artistry of the famed Art Nouveau master Émile Gallé, one of the most highly regarded names in French glassmaking. The artist...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Glass

Pagoda Lamp By Émile Gallé
By Emile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Pagoda Cameo glass lamp is a highly rare and coveted example of Émile Gallé's mastery of glassmaking. Layers of vibrant color, from golden yellows to mauve, radiate from a backg...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Glass

Émile Gallé “Bats and Iris” Table Lamp
By Emile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite Galle bat lamp is crafted from three-color cameo glass, featuring a delicate lavender-hued shade adorned with a golden finial, held aloft by th...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Gallé Cameo Glass Table Lamp
By Emile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Statuesque and artfully etched, this exquisite cameo glass table lamp is the work of the famed Art Nouveau master Émile Gallé, one of the most highly regarded names in French glassmaking. The artist's appreciation of nature is on full display in the detailed Marguerite daisy pattern carefully etched in varying layers of colored glass. The blooms dance across the lamp's amber-colored form in mesmerizing shades of purple and red. When lit, the lamp emits an enticing warm glow. Nearly two feet in height, the lamp is much larger than is typical of Gallé's pieces, yet it maintains its grace and proportion. Émile Gallé opened a small woodworker's shop in 1885, where he began experimenting with marquetry in furniture and naturalistic glass designs. In 1889, he displayed his new glass creations at the Paris International Exhibition, where the designs and colors not previously seen caused an immediate sensation. The new style of Art Nouveau had begun to appear, and the movement's aesthetics and devotion to nature appealed greatly to the young Gallé. In 1894 Gallé built a manufacturing plant in Nancy and began creating his own designs from inception through production. Gallé personally developed many of the designs, and he was known to actively make alterations and approve the designs of his talented team of designers and craftsmen he employed at the "Cristallerie D'Emile Gallé." Signed "Gallé" on shade and base Circa 1920 Literature: A. Duncan, G. de Bartha, Glass by Gallé, London, 1984, p. 170, pl. 245 for another lamp of this model A. Duncan, G. de Bartha, Gallé Lamps...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Glass

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