Galle Cameo Glass Shade
$2,550
Galle Cameo Glass Shade
By Galle Art Glass
Located in Sarasota, FL
Galle cameo glass lampshade. Multilayer etching visible when lit internally.
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Wall Lights and Sconces
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$2,550
Galle Cameo Glass Shade
By Galle Art Glass
Located in Sarasota, FL
Galle cameo glass lampshade. Multilayer etching visible when lit internally.
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Galle Cameo Glass Purple Flowers Tall Vase
By Gallé
Located in Sarasota, FL
Galle cameo glass tall tri color vase, circ. 1910.
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Galle Cameo Glass Tricolor Tall Vase.
By Galle Art Glass
Located in Sarasota, FL
Emille Galle Cameo Glass Vase, tri color. Marked with Gallle Star after his death in 1904.
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$7,500
Galle Cameo Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Gallé (1846-1904) Galle Cameo Glass Vase France, circa 1910 Cameo signature Gallé Height 8 3/8 in., Width 4 7/8 in., Depth 2 3/4 in.
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Galle Cameo Glass Vase, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Galle Cameo glass vase, circa 1900.
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Galle Cameo Glass Purple Flowers Vase circ 1900's
By Gallé
Located in Sarasota, FL
Emille Galle cameo glass vase with purple flowers and green leaves.
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Early Galle Cameo Glass Stemmed Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Gallé (1846-1904) An early Galle Cameo glass stemmed vase France, circa 1910 Gilt signature E Gallé Nancy Measures: Height 5 1/2 in. (13.97 cm.), diameter 3 1/2 in. (8.89 c...
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Galle Cameo Glass Monumental Allium Vase, circa 1900s
By Émile Gallé
Located in Sarasota, FL
Galle cameo glass allium vase, circa early 1900s.
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Petite Galle Cameo Glass Table Lamp
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautiful Galle cameo glass table lamp with shade depicting a lakeside forest with mountains in the distance, and standard featuring lovely pink and orange flowers in various states ...
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Émile Gallé an Impressive Gallé Cameo Glass Vase, circa 1900
By Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Gallé An impressive Gallé cameo glass vase circa 1900 colourless glass with a degrading amber layer overlaid in brown and pale green, etched and cut with pendant flower blos...
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Galle Cameo Glass Green and Pink Floral Vase circ 1900's
By Émile Gallé
Located in Sarasota, FL
Marked " Galle" in cameo.
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Émile Gallé Cameo Glass Cabinet Vase, Cameo Signature Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Gallé (1846-1904) A Small and Fine Galle Cameo Glass Cabinet Vase France, circa 1900 Cameo signature Gallé Measures: Height 4 in. (101.6 mm.), width 3 1/2 in. (88.9 mm.), ...
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Galle Cameo Glass Banjo Fern Vase, c.1910
Located in Savannah, GA
A Galle cameo glass banjo fern pattern vase, circa 1910. 3 ¼ inches wide by 2 ¼ inches deep by 6 ½ inches tall
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Exceptional French Art Nouveau Marbled Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase -Orchids
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Marbled layered Galle cameos are little known and exceptionally rare.
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Enameled and Gilt Glass Galle Cameo Glass Vase Cameo Signature Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Gallé (1846-1904) A large and fine enameled and gilt glass Galle cameo glass vase, France, circa 1890 Measures: Height 18 in. (457.2 mm), width 6 1/4 in. (158.75 mm) Cameo s...
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Impressive Extra Large Vintage Émile Gallé Cameo Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Stratford, CT
Extra large Galle Cameo vase overlaid with different layers of glass with amber and burgundy red colors, fused together by heat.
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Rare French Art Nouveau Yellow Marbled Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase -Orchids
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Marbled layered Galle cameos are little known and exceptionally rare.
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French Art Nouveau Purple-White Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase With Berries
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Small purple over clear Emile Galle cameo vase in a classic bud vase shape (sol fleur) decorated with leaves and small berries -It is signed (with the star) in purple with the Provos...
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Galle Cameo Glass Bowl with Floral Nancy, France, c. 1900, Cameo Mark "Galle"
Located in Norton, MA
GALLE CAMEO GLASS LOW BOWL WITH FLORAL DECORATION Nancy, France, c. 1900, cameo mark "Galle," ht. 3, lg. 11 in
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Fine Double over Laid Galle Cameo Glass Vase Signed Émile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Gallé (1846-1904) A fine double over laid Galle cameo glass vase France, circa 1900 Cameo signature Gallé Measures: Height 5 1/4 in. (133.35 mm.)
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French Art Nouveau Orange-White Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase Tea -Ceremony Shape
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A cute looking vase in a classic Galle shape. Ideal for someone wanting to begin a Galle Cameo collection.
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$49,850
Gallé Cameo Glass Lamp
By Émile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Cameo Glass Lamp Émile Gallé Circa 1900 This stunning cameo glass lamp displays the unparalleled artistry of the famed Art Nouveau master Émile Gallé, one of the most highly regarde...
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$98,500
Gallé Cameo Elephant Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Cameo Glass Elephant Vase Émile Gallé Circa 1925 This monumental Art Nouveau vase is one of the finest achievements of Émile Gallé’s iconic glassmaking firm.
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French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vervain Blossom Vase c1908
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Stunning large Emile Galle cameo 'stick' vase in dramatic purple and dark green over bright blue - depicting branches of flowering Vervain, (an unusual and very effective colourway) ...
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French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase with Snowdrops
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Fabulous medium small Emile Galle Cameo glass vase footed and widely flared and turned in top -A classic Galle shape - It is in a very dramatic and effective colourway - Purple and b...
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French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Botanical Banjo Vase, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Emile Galle Cameo Banjo vases (so called because they vaguely resemble that shape) are amongst the most collected of Emile Galle shapes with many collectors only buying this form.
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Rare French Art Deco Galle Cameo Glass Vase -Winter Hydrangea -c1925
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Fabulous late Galle Cameo vase in brown over yellow cleverly and finely depicting naturalistic winter hydrangea and lightly fire polished- This large and exceptional cameo vase is fr...
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French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Prunus Blossom Vase, circa 1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Unusual Emile Galle cameo vase in dark red, and bright red over orange depicting Prunus Spinosa blossom (Blackthorn) falling from above (most Emile Galle images are from the bottom u...
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French Art Nouveau Signed Fuchsia Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Vase circa, 1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
French Art Nouveau Emile Gallé cameo vase depicting Flowering Fuchsia in purple and blue over orange/yellow, with fine internal polishing to highlight the blue in the flowers -where ...
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French Art Deco Emile Galle Cameo Glass Cicada Banjo Vase, circa 1923
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
In the archives of Galle this rare design is documented as being by Rouppert c1923/4 -chief designer at the time (1920-1924) Emile Galle Cameo Banjo vases (so called because they va...
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French Art Nouveau Green + Orange Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase with Honeysuckle
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
For an early piece the cameo precision is particularly good. The Honeysuckle was an early pattern for Emile Galle dating to possibly as early as 1899.
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French Art Nouveau Signed Clematis Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Vase circa, 1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
French Art Nouveau Emile Gallé cameo vase depicting a flowering double clematis in purple and blue over orange/yellow, with fine internal polishing to highlight the blue in the spect...
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Galle Cameo Glass Carved Vase
By Galle Art Glass
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Galle Carved Cameo Glass Vase Exquisite cameo glass vase by Émile Gallé (1846–1904), one of the most important figures of the French Art Nouveau movement.
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French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Blue Mountain Landscape Vase c1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Exceptional Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo 'blue mountain' landscape vase, in the classic shape of an eye bath topped moon flask.
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French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Four Colour Banjo Vase, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Emile Galle Cameo Banjo vases (so called because they vaguely resemble that shape) are amongst the most collected of Emile Galle shapes with many collectors only buying this form.
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French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Misty Morning Landscape Vase c1910
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Fine Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo landscape vase, depicting a very early morning scene, with bright yellow sky and green brown trees in the round mostly behind a gently rolling and ...
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Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase, 'Flowers'
By Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Galle, French(1846-1904) A Fine wheel-cut and fire-polished Cameo Glass Vase, 'Flowers', circa 1900 Measure: 6.5 in. (16.5 cm.) diameter signed in cameo Galle.
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French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Blue Mountain Night Light c1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Very rare late Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo glass 'blue mountain' landscape vase, depicting black trees against blue/green mountains and a lake tinted with pink.
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French Art Nouveau Signed Thin Fuchsia Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Vase circa, 1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
French Art Nouveau Emile Gallé cameo vase depicting Flowering Fuchsia in purple and blue over orange/yellow, with fine internal polishing to highlight the blue in the flowers -where ...
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French Art Nouveau Signed Red Cyclamen Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Vase circa 1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A dramatic French Art Nouveau Emile Gallé cameo vase depicting multiple Flowering Cyclamen in reds over orange-yellow, with fine internal polishing to highlight the red in the flower...
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French Art Nouveau Signed Slim Fuchsia Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Vase circa, 1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
French Art Nouveau Emile Gallé cameo vase depicting Flowering Fuchsia in purple and blue over orange/yellow, with fine internal polishing to highlight the blue in the flowers -where ...
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Art Deco Émile Gallé Cameo Glass w/ Amber and Yellow Naturalist Detailing Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
This equisential detailed Art Deco Émile Gallé Cameo Glass Vase in Amber and Yellow W/Naturalist Detailing originates from France, Circa 1900.
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French Art Nouveau Signed Red Anemone Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Vase circa, 1925
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
French Art Nouveau Emile Gallé cameo vase depicting multiple Flowering Anemones in Reds over orange-yellow, with fine internal polishing to highlight the red in the flowers -A good s...
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French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Green and Brown Landscape Vase c1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Fabulous Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo misty landscape vase, depicting a classic landscape scene with large highly detailed trees to the front and behind a running stream and the cla...
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French Art Deco Emile Galle Cameo Glass Amber Sailing ship Vase, circa 1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Fabulous and rare Emile Galle cameo vase with sailing ships on the sea in the very rare colourway brown over orange over yellow, signed (image 3) Provost MkIV produced c1920 (see las...
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Galle Cameo Art Glass Landscape Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique signed Galle vase was made in France in approximately 1900 in the period Art Nouveau style. The vase in done in multiple layers of colored glass that's been etched, cut ...
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Rare French Art Nouveau 4 colour Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase -With Irises c1908
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Rare four colour Emile Galle cameo vase in green, purple and opaque white over bright orange depicting striking blooming Irises and leaves.
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Rare French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase Seaweed -Wartime Production
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Exceptionally rare war time production Emile Galle cameo vase -in brown over orange. Depicting seaweed.
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Large French Emile Galle Cameo Glass Blue Mountain and Lake Landscape Vase c1925
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Exceptional large Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo 'blue mountain' landscape vase. The tall vase is in browns and pale purple over peach -an very unusual colourway.
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Mid-20th Century Galle Cameo Glass Vase with Wild Life Elephant Motif
By Galle Art Glass
Located in Tarry Town, NY
An enchanting mid-20th century Galle cameo glass vase, delicately etched and decorated with an exotic wildlife scene.
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Galle Cameo Glass Blossoming Pods Vase
By Galle Art Glass
Located in Sarasota, FL
Galle glass blossoming pods vase.
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French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Man on Bridge Landscape Vase c1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Exceptionally rare Emile Galle cameo vase in greens and browns over yellow depicting a man crossing a metal and stone bridge -one of the rarest images.
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Large Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Vase with Cherry Blossom Branches Red on Yellow 1
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
This vase is identified as the work of Emile Gallé, whose Nancy workshop is documented for its innovative use of cameo glass and naturalistic botanical subjects.
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Art Nouveau Gallé Cameo Green Glass Vase, 20th Century
By Émile Gallé
Located in Lisbon, PT
This Art Nouveau glass vase by Émile Gallé showcases botanical motifs, crafted in layered cameo glass.
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Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase Green Fern, 20th Century
By Émile Gallé
Located in Lisbon, PT
An acid etched vase decorated with green ferns against the opaque yellow background. The cameo glass uses two colors layered, so that the color of the layer underneath becomes vis...
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Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase, Signed Gallé Modé Le Décor Déposés
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Gallé, FRENCH (1846-1904) A early enameled and gilt-decorated Cameo glass vase, circa 1895 Measures: 7 in. (17.7 cm.) high signed Gallé Modé Le Décor Déposés Provenance E...
Art Nouveau French Emile Galle Cameo Glass Flowering Primula Vase c1908
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
It is signed raised in cameo -see picture 5 (the signature is Provost Mk III -see chart in final image -this signature dates the vase to 1908-1920) Emile Galle was probably the grea...
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French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase -wild flowers C1899
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Super early Emile Galle three colour cameo vase in the unusual combination of orange and yellow and pink featuring unusual wild flowers in bloom with a great early signature circa 18...
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Galle Soliflore Cameo Glass Vase
By Gallé
Located in Sarasota, FL
Galle cameo glass soliflore vase. Yellow base with brown leaf decoration.
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French Art Nouveau Signed Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Vase with Cornflower circa1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Fine French Art Nouveau Emile Gallé mid sized cameo vase depicting blooming Cornflowers in fine purple and blue over orange/yellow, with detailed internal polishing to highlight the ...
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Galle Cameo Wisteria Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Kent, GB
A very tall Galle cameo wisteria vase Opaque and amethyst circa 1900.
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Galle Cameo Cherry Blossom Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
A delightful piece of Art Nouveau naturalistic design, an Emile Galle cameo cherry blossom vase, circa 1900 Signed 'Galle'.
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Galle cameo glass aquatic vase C1908
By Émile Gallé
Located in Devon, GB
Galle cameo glass aquatic vase with lily pads, water lilies bullrushes and aquatic grasses Signed Galle in the cameo C1908 The condition is very good with no damage or faults
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Early 20th Century Gallé Cameo Glass Vase
By Gallé
Located in Westmount, Quebec
A Gallé cameo glass piriform alabastron-like vase Signed «*Gallé» Posthumous work: 1904-1908 Height: 15.8 cm (6" 1/4).
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Galle cameo glass stick vase C1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Devon, GB
Galle cameo glass stick vase Floral design green over pink layers with a fire polished finish Signed Galle in the cameo C1900 The condition is very good, there are a few productio...
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Galle cameo glass sycamore banjo vase C1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Devon, GB
Galle Cameo glass Sycamore banjo shaped vase C1900 Vibrant multi layered vase realistically carved with sycamore leaves and seeds clearly signed in the Cameo The condition is very g...
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Large Galle cameo glass Fern vase c1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Devon, GB
Large Galle cameo glass fern vase c1920. Profusely decorated vase covered in fern fronds in dark and lighter red against a lemon ground.
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Galle cameo glass blowout hyacinth vase c1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Devon, GB
Galle cameo glass 'blowout vase' C1920 decorated with yellow hyacinths.
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Galle cameo glass oak leaf & acorn vase C1920s
By Émile Gallé
Located in Devon, GB
Galle cameo multi layered vase with a frosted and polished oak leaf and acorn design.
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French Galle Cameo 'Fougeres' Vase, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Whitburn, GB
Weight 935 grams Technical Description A Galle cameo fougeres vase. The three-colour body is decorated with ferns using the cameo cut-back technique.
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Galle Cameo glass vase brown & peach landscape design C1905
By Émile Gallé
Located in Devon, GB
Emile Galle cameo glass landscape vase C1905 Super quality vase, very realistic design and detail to the trees which fits nicely to the shape.
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French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Aquatic Bowl c1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
Super Art Nouveau Emile Galle cameo aquatic low bowl in orange over blue depicting a extensive pond scene with flowing water lilies, cameo signature with a star (image 4).
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H 6.75 in W 3.5 in D 1.5 in
French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Clematis Banjo Vase 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
Classic Art Nouveau Emile Galle 'Banjo' vase, depicting trailing clematis blooms in purple over frosted clear, signed in cameo (see picture 4).
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French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Aquatic Vase circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
Super small classic French Art Nouveau Emile Galle cameo aquatic vase in purple and blue over opal orange depicting a pond scene with flowing water lilies, intaglio cut signature (im...
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H 6.7 in W 4.34 in D 3.15 in
French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase with Berries circa 1905
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
Unusual shaped Art Nouveau Emile Galle cameo vase in vibrant red, orange and clear, depicting berries on branches, signed in cameo with a '*'.
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French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Apple Blossom Vase c1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
Unusual Emile Galle cameo vase in dark red, and bright red over orange depicting Apple blossom falling from above (most Emile Galle images are from the bottom up only a few of his fi...
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H 15.95 in Dm 5.91 in
French Art Nouveau Red/Orange Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase with Foliage/Berries
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
Stunning and dramatic large Emile Galle cameo vase in red and orange depicting branches with leaves and berries signed in cameo (see picture 3) Emile Galle was probably the greate...
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H 6.7 in Dm 5.52 in
French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass 'Morning Mist' Landscape Vase c1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
Exceptional Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo landscape vase, depicting a very early morning waterside scene, with outline trees, buildings and shrubs, with swirling mists over a flowing...
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H 6.75 in W 3.5 in D 1.5 in
French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Botanical Banjo Vase, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
Classic Art Nouveau Emile Galle 'Banjo' vase, depicting blooms in fire polished green over pink, signed in cameo (see picture 3).
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Galle' Cameo Vase
Located in Bronx, NY
This exceptional French cameo vase by Galle' is designed in frosted tones of green and amber.
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H 12.8 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in
French Oriental Style Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase Signed circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
Superb Emile Galle cameo vase in a bulbus topped square bottle form.
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Galle cameo glass Hydrangea banjo vase C1905
By Émile Gallé
Located in Devon, GB
Galle Hydrangea 3 layer cameo glass banjo shaped vase C1905 signed Galle in the cameo The condition is perfect, no damage or faults
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Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Elswick, GB
A Galle three color cameo glass solifleur vase. Decorated in cameo with leaves and seeds.
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Rare Galle cameo glass aquatic butterfly vase C1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Devon, GB
Lovely little Emile Galle multi layered cameo glass vase decorated with an aquatic scene around the bottom section of the vase with pond lilies and reeds.
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Late 19th Century Èmile Gallé Cameo Glass Lamp Base
By Émile Gallé
Located in Drottningholm, SE
A beautiful Èmile Gallé lamp base, made at the end of 19th century. The shade is unfortunately missing but still this can be a very nice lamp. The glass part measures 24cm and the ba...
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Emile Galle Cameo Glass Bud Vase in Amber and Amethyst, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Quechee, VT
This 6.25" high hand blown bud vase is signed by Emile Galle (1846-1904). It is made in amber frosted glass in bulbous form tapering to a clear amethyst-colored round base. Over thes...
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French Emile Galle Cameo Glass Long-Necked "Banjo" Vase, Clematis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Galle's life spans a good two-thirds of the 19th century (1846-1904).
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H 6.88 in Dm 4.25 in
Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase in Olive Green, Pink, Blue and Frost, circa 1897
By Émile Gallé
Located in Quechee, VT
This hand blown, double-overlay and acid-etched vase with leaves and blossoms is in a flaring bulbous form. The base is deep olive green and fades upwards to a rich blue then to a fr...
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In its sinuous lines and flamboyant curves inspired by the natural world, antique Art Nouveau furniture reflects a desire for freedom from the stuffy social and artistic strictures of the Victorian era. The Art Nouveau movement developed in the decorative arts in France and Britain in the early 1880s and quickly became a dominant aesthetic style in Western Europe and the United States.
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Art Nouveau — which spanned furniture, architecture, jewelry and graphic design — can be easily identified by its lush, flowing forms suggested by flowers and plants, as well as the lissome tendrils of sea life. Although Art Deco and Art Nouveau were both in the forefront of turn-of-the-20th-century design, they are very different styles — Art Deco is marked by bold, geometric shapes while Art Nouveau incorporates dreamlike, floral motifs. The latter’s signature motif is the "whiplash" curve — a deep, narrow, dynamic parabola that appears as an element in everything from chair arms to cabinetry and mirror frames.
The visual vocabulary of Art Nouveau was particularly influenced by the soft colors and abstract images of nature seen in Japanese art prints, which arrived in large numbers in the West after open trade was forced upon Japan in the 1860s. Impressionist artists were moved by the artistic tradition of Japanese woodblock printmaking, and Japonisme — a term used to describe the appetite for Japanese art and culture in Europe at the time — greatly informed Art Nouveau.
The Art Nouveau style quickly reached a wide audience in Europe via advertising posters, book covers, illustrations and other work by such artists as Aubrey Beardsley, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Alphonse Mucha. While all Art Nouveau designs share common formal elements, different countries and regions produced their own variants.
In Scotland, the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh developed a singular, restrained look based on scale rather than ornament; a style best known from his narrow chairs with exceedingly tall backs, designed for Glasgow tea rooms. Meanwhile in France, Hector Guimard — whose iconic 1896 entry arches for the Paris Metro are still in use — and Louis Majorelle produced chairs, desks, bed frames and cabinets with sweeping lines and rich veneers.
The Art Nouveau movement was known as Jugendstil ("Youth Style") in Germany, and in Austria the designers of the Vienna Secession group — notably Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann and Joseph Maria Olbrich — produced a relatively austere iteration of the Art Nouveau style, which mixed curving and geometric elements.
Art Nouveau revitalized all of the applied arts. Ceramists such as Ernest Chaplet and Edmond Lachenal created new forms covered in novel and rediscovered glazes that produced thick, foam-like finishes. Bold vases, bowls and lighting designs in acid-etched and marquetry cameo glass by Émile Gallé and the Daum Freres appeared in France, while in New York the glass workshop-cum-laboratory of Louis Comfort Tiffany — the core of what eventually became a multimedia decorative-arts manufactory called Tiffany Studios — brought out buoyant pieces in opalescent favrile glass.
Jewelry design was revolutionized, as settings, for the first time, were emphasized as much as, or more than, gemstones. A favorite Art Nouveau jewelry motif was insects (think of Tiffany, in his famed Dragonflies glass lampshade).
Like a mayfly, Art Nouveau was short-lived. The sensuous, languorous style fell out of favor early in the 20th century, deemed perhaps too light and insubstantial for European tastes in the aftermath of World War I. But as the designs on 1stDibs demonstrate, Art Nouveau retains its power to fascinate and seduce.
There are ways to tastefully integrate a touch of Art Nouveau into even the most modern interior — browse an extraordinary collection of original antique Art Nouveau furniture on 1stDibs, which includes decorative objects, seating, tables, garden elements and more.