Charles Schneider

A glass shading into Light Blues, overlaid with Darker Bleu. The pattern "Palmier Bleu" resembles a palm tree and its foliage. This vase is from the serie Palmier Bleu from Le Verre...

French Art Deco pendant chandelier by Charles Schneider, Epinay-sur-Seine (Paris), 1920s. Pink frosted molded glass and stamped brass. Height : 21.7"(55cm) can be shortened, Diameter...

French Art Deco pendant chandelier by Charles Schneider from the 1920s. This adorable French Art Deco period pendant chandelier features a large mottled “Pâte de Verre” art glass bowl - lamp shade in light and dark rouge pink colors, signed ”Schneider” by Charles Schneider, hung at an ornate bronze and brass fixture. One new socket for E27 (E26) size light bulb. Dimensions: diameter 40 cm / 15.74 in, height 50 cm / 19.68 in. The light fixture is in complete working order, but as with all vintage or antique lighting, we would always suggest it is tested and fitted by a qualified electrician. The production of Pâte de Verre is a slow process that requires a lot of manual skill to avoid bubbles, cloudiness, and cracks in the cooling process. The technique allows for accurate shapes and accurate color gradations in the workpiece, unlike any other glass processing technique. The technique was already known in ancient Rome and Egypt. Especially in the Art Nouveau period, and later in the Art Deco era, she found artistic use again in works by French glass artists such as Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, Henry Cros, Albert...

Art Deco night light, circa 1925. Blue-speckled purple glass paste, wrought iron frame. Signed Schneider. Height: 23cm Diameter: 16.5cm Weig...

Schneider Pair of Art Deco Night Lights Pair of Art Deco night lights circa 1925; Tulips signed Schneider purple speckled with blue. Wrought iron base. Electrified and in perfect ...

This beautiful Art Deco chandelier has amazing colors and beautiful brass details. This very rich hanging chandelier from the French Art Nouveau period has amazing color gradations ...

French Art Deco chandelier known as the Dragonfly was created by the French Artist "Charles Schneider". Four shades in clear frosted glass with streamlined details. Each glass shade ...

A French Art Deco pendant chandelier by the French artist “Charles Schneider“ in great condition. Clear frosted molded glass shade with intricate flowers and geometric polished motif...

French Art Deco table lamp by Charles Schneider (Epinay-sur-Seine, Paris), France, ca.1924-1928. This blown molded glass shade made by Charles Schneider comes on its gorgeous wrought-iron base. The glass shade was made of blown double glass with powders between both layers. Fantastic wrought iron base ! Full height : 40cm - 15.75 inches. Full diameter : 18.8cm - 7.4 inches. Signed "Schneider" on the shade (see photo). Delivered wired for your country (US, UK, EU, Australia, etc). LED can be used. Charles Schneider was born in Chateau-Thierry, near Paris, on 23rd February 1881. At an early age he moved with his family to Nancy, the artistic center of France. His brother, Ernest Schneider (1877-1937), started working for Daum in 1903 as clerk. Charles had started an artistic career and was already active at Daum since 1898. He performed his practical training in the engraving and decorating workshop, but he also took drawing and modelling lessons with Henri Berge. Concurrently, he studied the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Nancy. In 1904, he went to the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris and studied painting and medal engraving. During this period, he made bronze art objects in the pure Art Nouveau style, all signed "CH. SCHNEIDER Nancy". From 1906, he regularly exhibited in the Engraving section of the Salon de la Societe des Artistes Francais and he was twice awarded a prize. In 1913, the brothers decided to start their own business and bought a small glass factory, specialising in electric light bulbs, in association with a friend Henri Wolf, at Epinay-sur-Seine. This factory was known as ‘Schneider Freres & Wolf’. The new glassworks production started with, among others, a group of about twenty workers enticed away from the Daum manufacture. At the outbreak of the World War I, the firm's activity had to be stopped and the glassworks closed by the end of 1914. Ernest and Charles were demobbed in 1917 and the factory re-opened under the name "Societe Anonyme des Verreries Schneider". At this time, public taste still favoured the Art Nouveau style, and the factory produced mainly ‘cameo’ glass with floral and animal designs, and vases with applied handles and bubbles. Apart from the introduction of art glass, half of the production was of commercial drinking glasses. In 1918, fire destroyed the studios at Galle and a group of artists went to Schneider’s to continue their production for Galle. This period was of great importance to Charles Schneider because he acquired the technique of ‘marqueterie de verre’ from Galle’s artists. This technique, similar to marquetry in wood, is where the design is carved out of a vase and filled with colored glass.The big black-footed bowls are one of the first types of art glass made by the Schneider factory. These designs give only a partial idea , however, of the variety of bowls of this type that were produced for at least he next six years. During the first period, they had a satinic finish (1918-1921). Later, they were polished to a smooth, brilliant surface. In this period, Schneider started producing top-of-line pieces with intercalary motifs or with applied patterns requiring a thorough mastery of the execution technique on the part of the glassmaker. Mention should be made of the pieces with wheel-carved patterns, such as the "Raisins noirs" series, and the "Pavots" or "Camelias" medallion series. Some of the factory's most interesting models during the early period were designed by Gaston Hoffman between 1918 and 1921. His pieces are not signed with his name, since he was a salaried employee of the firm. Most of his models are in the top rank of the factory's production. By 1920, the factory was working at full capacity making mainly art glass. In 1921, Schneider started new trade marks for his cameo glass, signing it ‘Le Verre Français’ or ‘Charder’. Sometimes a vase or lamp would bear both signatures. The idea was to popularise art glass and make it more accessible to the public. Le Verre Français was mainly sold at department stores like Galeries Lafayette, Le Printemps and Le Bon Marche. Pieces signed ‘Schneider’ were sold by specialised art shops such as Delvaux, Rouard, La Vase Etrusque and Le Grand Depot. Le Verre Français was made exclusively using the technique of acid etching, which gave good quality at a low price. The technique of wheel engraving through different layers of glass was used only for special pieces. After the 1925 exhibition...

Charles Schneider, Art Deco violet glass centerpiece / bowl France 1930- 1940 8.5 cm H x 40 cm diam. Signed on the base. “Le Verre Francais” Conditions: excellent consist...

Clear Frost with high light polished Art Deco glass with nickel on bronze chain and canopy. Professionally rewired with six lights, 60watts max each. ...

Our Art Deco period glass vase by Charles Schneider dates from circa 1930 and is crafted from mottled rust-red glass blown-out into wrought iron frame. Signed. In very good condition.

Charles Schneider, jade vase, a hard to find vase of the Schneider brand, which used 32 shades variations, more expensive and more exclusive, than Le Verre Francais, which used only ...

French large orange, dark blue and other colors art blown glass pendant chandelier by Charles Schneider. 24" wide. Professionally rewired and ready for installation, nine lights 60w...

Art deco lamp, black patina wrought iron foot with floral decoration. Tulip in white and orange glass paste, flecked with brown. Signed Schneider. Lamp in perfect condition and electrified. Measures: height: 47cm width: 25cm base: 13.5cm x 13.5cm Weight: 2 Kg Charles SCHNEIDER, born February 23, 1881 and died January 7, 1953 in Épinay-sur-Seine (Seine), was a French Art Deco master...

French Art Deco chandelier by Charles Schneider, Epinay-sur-Seine (Paris), ca.1928. 1+4 large blown in the mold glass shades, powders are applied between two layers, that come hung at their refined wrought-iron fixture. Height : 36.2"(92cm), Overall diameter : 27.2"(69cm). Signed "Schneider" on each shade (see photo). Delivered wired with B22 sockets for your country (US, UK, EU, Australia, China, etc...) - LED bulbs can be used. Charles Schneider was born in Chateau-Thierry, near Paris, on 23rd February 1881. At an early age he moved with his family to Nancy, the artistic center of France. His brother, Ernest Schneider (1877-1937), started working for Daum in 1903 as clerk. Charles had started an artistic career and was already active at Daum since 1898. He performed his practical training in the engraving and decorating workshop, but he also took drawing and modelling lessons with Henri Berge. Concurrently, he studied the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Nancy. In 1904, he went to the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris and studied painting and medal engraving. During this period, he made bronze art objects in the pure Art Nouveau style, all signed "CH. SCHNEIDER Nancy". From 1906, he regularly exhibited in the Engraving section of the Salon de la Societe des Artistes Francais and he was twice awarded a prize. In 1913, the brothers decided to start their own business and bought a small glass factory, specialising in electric light bulbs, in association with a friend Henri Wolf, at Epinay-sur-Seine. This factory was known as ‘Schneider Freres & Wolf’. The new glassworks production started with, among others, a group of about twenty workers enticed away from the Daum manufacture. At the outbreak of the World War I, the firm's activity had to be stopped and the glassworks closed by the end of 1914. Ernest and Charles were demobbed in 1917 and the factory re-opened under the name "Societe Anonyme des Verreries Schneider". At this time, public taste still favoured the Art Nouveau style, and the factory produced mainly ‘cameo’ glass with floral and animal designs, and vases with applied handles and bubbles. Apart from the introduction of art glass, half of the production was of commercial drinking glasses. In 1918, fire destroyed the studios at Galle and a group of artists went to Schneider’s to continue their production for Galle. This period was of great importance to Charles Schneider because he acquired the technique of ‘marqueterie de verre’ from Galle’s artists. This technique, similar to marquetry in wood, is where the design is carved out of a vase and filled with colored glass.The big black-footed bowls are one of the first types of art glass made by the Schneider factory. These designs give only a partial idea, however, of the variety of bowls of this type that were produced for at least he next six years. During the first period, they had a satinic finish (1918-1921). Later, they were polished to a smooth, brilliant surface. In this period, Schneider started producing top-of-line pieces with intercalary motifs or with applied patterns requiring a thorough mastery of the execution technique on the part of the glassmaker. Mention should be made of the pieces with wheel-carved patterns, such as the "Raisins noirs" series, and the "Pavots" or "Camelias" medallion series. Some of the factory's most interesting models during the early period were designed by Gaston Hoffman between 1918 and 1921. His pieces are not signed with his name, since he was a salaried employee of the firm. Most of his models are in the top rank of the factory's production. By 1920, the factory was working at full capacity making mainly art glass. In 1921, Schneider started new trade marks for his cameo glass, signing it ‘Le Verre Français’ or ‘Charder’. Sometimes a vase or lamp would bear both signatures. The idea was to popularise art glass and make it more accessible to the public. Le Verre Français was mainly sold at department stores like Galeries Lafayette, Le Printemps and Le Bon Marche. Pieces signed ‘Schneider’ were sold by specialised art shops such as Delvaux, Rouard, La Vase Etrusque and Le Grand Depot. Le Verre Français was made exclusively using the technique of acid etching, which gave good quality at a low price. The technique of wheel engraving through different layers of glass was used only for special pieces. After the 1925 exhibition, various new designs were created and the factory expanded to employ about 500 workers. Blank glass was also supplied to art shops (Delvaux etc.) to be decorated (enamelled, painted etc.) by their own artists, and commissions were received from perfumery companieslike Coty. At this time, the company was at its peak due to the good designs of the previous years, such as the new style created in 1920 using new shapes and contrasting colors by applying black foot and handles to brightly coloured vases and coupes, thus giving them a dramatic effect.?????????? ??????????????????Always innovative, Schneider created a new technique of ‘colored powders’ whereby the pulverised glass was mixed with metal oxides to obtain different colours and then spread on a flat surface. Most of Schneider’s art vases and lamps were exported to America. After the Wall Street crash of 1929 demand dwindled and the factory started to decline. During the 1930’s production of art glass was down to a few pieces a day as they concentrated on making simple designs with less colours for the local market. Attempts were made to save the firm. But Ernest had been seriously ill since the end of the 1920's and was of no help. He died in June 1937, one month after the liquidation of the "Verreries Schneider". In 1940, during the war, the factory was requisitioned by the German troops and used as a restaurant. In 1950, Charles Schneider and his son founded a new glassworks at Epinay-sur-Seine, named "Cristalleries Schneider", which was later transferred to Lloris after an accident caused by a gas explosion. Like the old Schneider factory, this one specialized in free-blown glass. Following the artistic trend of the 1950's, the glassworks produced glass sculptures, crystal vases (sometimes bubbled and colored), ashtrays, clock frames, candlesticks and fruit bowls. But this time, the glass was lead crystal, which had come back into favor in France during the 1930's after being revived in Scandinavia. It was no longer cut, but worked almost exclusively by free-blowing and drawing. All the productions were signed "Schneider France...

Charles Schneider French Art Glass Orange & Yellow Mottled Footed Vase Mottled yellow and orange hues with a maroon red huge to the stem and base. Signed "Schneider" to the base. ...

1920's French Art Deco chandelier by Schneider France. Superb mottled blown center and side glass shades, Colors: Orange, yellow to whitish clear frost with short bronze frame.

A small round-shaped glass vase with flowers in Red-Orange with a Satiné Matte Bright Yellow background. The foot of this vase is in Violet. The pattern is acid-etched. This piece ...

French blown and acid etched art deco chandelier by Charles Schneider, yellow glass overlaid clear frost flora design acid-cut with bronze hardware Signed "Le Verre Français" on the ...

A French Art Deco table lamp by the French artist "Charles Schneider" is in great condition. The shade is in clear frosted glass with polished details. The lamp was re-plated in sati...

French Art Deco vase by Charles Schneider Epinay-sur-Seine (Paris), 1914-1918. Unusual vase colored with bright yellow and rich orange colors overlaid with a veil of dark brown/black...

Marrons, Art Deco Cameo glass ceiling light by Charles Schneider for Le Verre Français. France 1922-1925. Colors: Orange & brown cameo glass with a cop...

Table lamp "Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty" Materia: silver plated metal Country: France Glass: Schneider To take care of your property and the lives of our customers, the new wir...

A beautiful clear Olive Light Green vase with red tears drops details by Charles Schneider for Maurice Dufene "La Maitrise" Made in France. Circa 1...

French Art Deco table lamp by Charles Schneider, Epinay-sur-Seine (Paris), France, 1920s. Molded glass shade with a stylized geometric pattern that comes hung at its original wrought...

"Jades" vase by Schneider. Gérard Bertrand (1995) "Schneider maître verrier: Charder, le verre français" p. 308.

Six texture glass, matching center column glass modern art deco chandelier with beautiful bronze frame. Minimum height fully installed will be 28" with all the chain 38".

Large French Art Deco table lamp by Charles Schneider (Epinay-sur-Seine, Paris), France, 1928-1929. This blown molded glass shade made by Charles Schneider comes on its wrought iron ...

French Art Deco swiveling desk / table lamp by Charles Schneider (Epinay-sur-Seine, Paris), France, ca.1925. This blown molded glass shade made by Cha...

"Nénuphars" Big Blue Glass Vase with typical Art Deco Pattern by "Charles Schneider" for "Le Verre Français", signed Original Art Deco, France 1920's Diameter: 20 cm Height: 60 ...

Double art deco tulip lamp in wrought iron Ginkgo Biloba leaf decor Schneider tulips orange red tango speckled with blue. Electrify and in perfect con...

Of rare elegance. The perfect shape. Rare French Art Deco table lamp by Charles Schneider (Epinay-sur-Seine, Paris) and Henri Fournet ...

Art deco lamp around 1930. Foot in wrought iron attributed to Fag (Marcel Vasseur). Tulip in glass paste signed Schneider. Electrified and in perfect condition. Height : 31.5 ...

Art deco lamp around 1930. Foot in wrought iron, tulip in white glass paste speckled. Electrified and in perfect condition. Tulip signed Schneider. Height : 33 cm Base diameter ...

Very impressive acid etched glass by Schneider in a astonishing yellow color. Very deep etched gravure on surface of the vase with a pure Art Deco design. Truly one of the best vase from this Art Deco period of the maker. Quality is exactly the same than Daum manufacture for which Schneider had beginning to work. The piece is signed Schneider and on the underside Debacker (a famous shop in Brussels where you can buy the most prestigious Art Deco creation of French and Belgian master...

French Art Deco chandelier by Charles Schneider, Epinay-sur-Seine (Paris), 1920s. Mottled glass shades, powders are applied between two layers that come hung at their elegant bronze ...

This stunning Art Deco vase (signed Schneider) was realized in the studio of the esteemed glass makers Ernest and Charles Schneider circa 1925. The Schneider Brothers were some of th...

French Art Deco table lamp by Charles Schneider, Epinay-sur-Seine (Paris), 1924-1928. Mottled glass shade, powders are applied between two layers that comes on its elegant wrought-ir...

Lamp around 1930 wrought iron foot and tulip in molded blown glass paste signed Schneider in raspberry color and brown speckled cream the lamp is electrified and in perfect condition...

A pair of French Art Deco sconces were created by the French artist " Charles Schneider " in good condition. Each shade is marked SCHNEIDER FRANCE 406. Frames are silvered bronze wit...

French Art Deco chandelier by Charles Schneider, Epinay-sur-Seine (Paris), 1924-1928. 3 mottled glass shades, powders are applied between two layers, that come hung at their elegant ...

Hanging lamp Schneider Material: plated bronze and art glass Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty Country: French If you are looking for sconces to match your ceiling lighting, w...

Chandelier Charles Schneider square frame in wrought iron with 5 molded glass pieces all signed. In perfect condition and electrified. 5 led bulbs. Possibility of reducing the he...

A pair of French Art Deco table lamps by the French artist "Charles Schneider" is in excellent condition. Shades are in clear frosted glass with polished details. Lamps were re-plate...

Art Deco artistic glass tazza by Charles Schneider in Red Tango and yellow color foot base. Made in France. Circa: 1928. Signature: Schneider.

Hanging lamp Schneider Material: art glass and Iron Style: Art Nouveau Country: French To take care of your property and the lives of our customers, the new wiring has been done. If...

French Art Deco chandelier signed by the French artist "Charles Schneider". Having six clear frosted glass shades with geometric dragonfly motif. The frame having a brass finish with...

This beautiful topaz colored, and museum quality French Art Deco "Cubist style" glass vase by Schneider is decorated with an "acid etched" geometric pattern with vertical etched line...

Le Verre Francais 'Papillons' French Cameo Art Glass vase Charles Schneider Glassworks, Épinay-sur-Seine, France. The name 'Le Verre Francais...

French Art Deco pair of wall sconces by Charles Schneider, Epinay-sur-Seine (Paris), 1928-1929. A third wall sconce can be acquired on 1stdibs (see our 1stdibs sales). So, a set of t...

French Art Deco wall sconce by Charles Schneider, Epinay-sur-Seine (Paris), 1928-1929. An additional pair can be acquired on 1stdibs (see our 1stdibs sales). So, a set of three is po...

French Art Deco table lamp by Charles Schneider (Epinay-sur-Seine, Paris) and M. Voutier, France, ca.1924-1928. This blown molded glass shade made by Charles Schneider comes on its ...

An art Glass table or desk lamp by Charles Schneider, France. Mouth-blown clear crystal with an abstract figure (that looks like a huge Christmas tree) in a curved swirl-like form. T...

French Art deco hand crafted iron base with geometric flora and leaf design clear frost glass shade by Charles Schneider.

Great centerpiece in glass by 'Verreries Schneider'. Charles and Ernest Schneider, Epinay-sur-Seine, France, early 20th century. A collector's item made by one of the masters of Fren...

French Art Deco table lamp by Charles Schneider, Epinay-sur-Seine (Paris), 1920s. Mottled glass shade, powders are applied between two layers, that comes hung at its superb wrought-i...

French Art Deco pendant chandelier by Charles Schneider, Epinay-sur-Seine (Paris), 1920s. Mottled glass shade, powders are applied between two layers, that comes hung at its elegant ...