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Pair of Chimeras vases

circa 1885

$17,540.19
£13,096.82
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Eugène ROUSSEAU (1827-1890) Pair of Chimeras vases A very fine pair of vases made in hand-blown and crackled glass. Decorated with polychrom stains in the glass. Adorned in relief with chimera masks simulating handles. unsigned Perfect condition France around 1885 height 26 cm width 18 cm depth 10 cm A similar model is reproduced in "L'art du verre en France, 1860-1914", J. Bloch-Dermant, Edita Denoël, Suisse, 1974, p.35. and in "Glas des Art Nouveau, Die Sammlung Gerda Koepff", Prestel, Munich, 1998, p.80. Biography : François-Eugène Rousseau (1827-1890), known as Eugène Rousseau, was a glassmaker who established himself in 1855 as a merchant specializing in porcelain and earthenware at 43 rue Coquillière in Paris. Around 1867, he turned to glassware and called on the talents of Eugène Michel to engrave a whole range of glassware in the “Art Nouveau” spirit. He took a particular interest in the innovative techniques of his contemporaries, and asked Marc-Louis Solon, then decorator at the Sèvres factory, to create works known as "pasta reports" (or paste-sur-pâte) which Solon signed under the pseudonym "Milès". In 1867, while he was interested in Japanese motifs, Eugène Rousseau had Félix Bracquemond create a porcelain service intended to be presented at the Universal Exhibition in Paris, where for the first time a European artist directly copied a Japanese artist, reproducing animal figures from Hokusai's Manga. The two hundred pieces were made by the Lebeuf, Milliet et Cie Manufacture based in Creil and Montereau. Following the success of this service, Japanese aesthetics influenced Rousseau's production. In 1869, two of his painted glasses were purchased by the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 1884, he was the first to exhibit crackled glass at the Central Union of Decorative Arts, made using a 16th century Venetian technique. His Japanese-style glassworks, produced with the probable assistance of the Appert brothers in Clichy, appeared in 1874 in Paris at the 4th Exhibition of the Central Union of Fine Arts Applied to Industry. Rousseau was a member of the Central Union of Decorative Arts since its creation in 1862, and he received the cross of the Legion of Honor. At the end of his career, he joined forces with Ernest Leveillé, who was also his student. Leveillé continued the work of Eugène Rousseau after his death, having purchased the funds from his workshop on rue Coquillière in 1885.
  • Attributed to:
    Eugène ROUSSEAU (1827-1890) (1827 - 1890, French)
  • Creation Year:
    circa 1885
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10.24 in (26 cm)Width: 7.09 in (18 cm)Depth: 3.94 in (10 cm)
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    PARIS, FR
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: N.7175-61stDibs: LU2514216365352

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