Émile Gallé Furniture
French, 1846-1904
“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.
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Creator: Émile Gallé
Large Slender Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Vase with Hydrangea Decor, France, c 1906
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Tall rod vase with a slender, straight neck with a flat, bulbous body in the flush standing area, colorless glass with yellow and reddish colored powder inclusions, overlay in moss green and violet, in various stages highly etched hydrangea decoration, matt surfaces.
Cameo signature 'Gallé' on the wall in the lower area between the leaves...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
ÉMILE GALLÉ 'Iris' Vase, circa 1900 overlaid cameo and fire polished glass
By Émile Gallé
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
ÉMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904)
Rare and important 'Iris' Vase, circa 1900
Overlaid cameo and fire polished glass, well documented in books and exhibitions
Signed in cameo Gallé.
Measuremen...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
Massive Cameo Galle Glass Vase, circa 1905 'Wisteria'
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
EMILE GALLE, FRENCH
A massive Cameo Glass Vase, circa 1905
'Wisteria'
23.75 in. (60.9 cm.) high
signed in cameo (with a star) Galle
Provenance
Sotheby's
December 18, 2003
Emi...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Enameled Cameo Glass Vase by Emile Gallé, Signed
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...
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1890s Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
Sunflowers, by Emile Gallé, Signed, Provenance Sotheby's New York
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Gallé, French (1846-1904).
A very fine internally decorated fire-polished cameo glass vase with applied decoration, 'Sunflowers', circa 1900.
Measures: 13.75 in. (34.9 cm.) h...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase Flower and Leaf Decor France circa 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Tubular vase body with loaf-shaped, flush stand, colorless glass with flaky white and green color powder inclusions, overlay in dark green, in various sta...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Rare Emile Gallé Crocus Marqueterie-Sur-Verre Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rare Emile Gallé Crocus Marqueterie-Sur-Verre glass vase, circa 1900, incised Gallé in script on the vessel, the bottle-green tapering vessel with an undu...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase, Ash-Maple Decor, France, Circa 1910
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Large vase on a round stand, widening like a bulge and then narrowing to a slightly conical, long, wide neck, opening with slightly flared mouth rim, colourless glass with orange-bro...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Emile Galle Overlaid and Etched Glass Vase, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An Emile Galle overlaid and etched glass vase, circa 1900.
The frosted white, yellow and blue ground overlaid and etched to depict a tree lined mountainous lake scene. Measures: 11 ...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
IMPORTANT EMPIRE TABLE CLOCK 19th Century Émile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPORTANT EMPIRE TABLE CLOCK 19th Century Émile Gallé
19th century French.
in gilded bronze, surmounted by birds.
Profusely enamelled circular dial with Roman numerals.
Relief d...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Bronze
French Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo Glass Four Colour Banjo Vase, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Classic Art Nouveau four colour Emile Galle 'Banjo' vase, depicting blooms in dark green, purple, opaque white and, internally, pink - signed in cameo (see picture 4 -Provost Mark II...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
Emile Galle Soliflore Vase 'Anémones of Alpes', wheel carved, France 1900s
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bochum, NRW
Emile Gallé, Art Nouveau cameo glass vase, Nancy, France, around 1900.
Multi-layered glass, violet on a milky-pink background.
Delicately acid-etched and wheel carved decoration dep...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Galle Fire Polished Cameo Glass and Silver Cased Bowl
By Émile Gallé
Located in Sarasota, FL
Emile Galle fire polished cameo glass floral bowl with period silver mounts. Signed in cameo with early Japanese style signature. The larger top mo...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
Galle glass Art Nouveau
By Émile Gallé
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Galle glass Art Nouveau
Circa 1910, French origin
Artist Emile Galle, Art Nouveau style
Motif: flowers and leaves
Excellent condition and unrestored
Émile Ga...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
$1,300
French Art Nouveau Pink and Purple Signed Emile Galle Cameo Vase, circa 1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Classic signed French Art Nouveau Emile Galle botanical cameo glass vase in purple over pink, depicting climbing clematis like flowers, circa 1...
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1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase, Iris And Lily Pond, France, ca. 1906
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Slender baluster-shaped vase body on a separate base, widening conically towards the top and then narrowing again to form a slender neck with a flared mouth rim, colorless glass with...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Galle Etched Sunflower Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Galle Etched, carved, fire-polished and applied cameo glass "sunflower" vase
Circa 1900. Signed in cameo GALLE.
Measure: Height 4 3/4 inches.
Provenance: A Long Island Coll...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
$13,500
Gallé Art Nouveau Early Vase Galle Fire Polished France Nancy Made, circa 1890
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau rare fire polished bellied vase by Gallé
Manufactory: Émile Gallé / France, Nancy, Lorraine, made circa 1890
Technique of manufacture: Fire polished glass & etched ...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Tall Emile Galle Floral Cameo Glass Vase c1910
By Émile Gallé
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Large Emile Galle cameo glass vase
Date : c1910
Origin : Nancy, France
Bowl Features : Pale graduating to burnt orange over lime green graduating to nearly clear cameo glas...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
Fine Wheel-Cut and Fire-Polished Cameo Glass Vase, 'Flowers', Signed Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Gallé, French (1846-1904)
A fine wheel-cut and fire-polished cameo glass vase, 'Flowers', circa 1900
Measures: 6.5 in. (16.5 cm.) diameter
Signed in cameo Gallé
Emile Ga...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Emile Gallé Internally Decorated Wheel-Carved Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Gallé internally decorated wheel-carved glass vase
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
An exquisite and rare internally decorated, wheel carved and fire polished Galle Glass Vase, the c...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
Acid-Etched Enameled and Applied Galle Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
An Acid-Etched Enameled and applied Galle Glass Vase,
France, circa 1884-1889
etched mark and text 'Cristallerie de Gallé Nan...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
'Dahlia' Fire-Polished Cameo Glass Vase, Signed by Emile Gallé, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Gallé, French (1846-1904)
A very fine internally decorated fire-polished cameo glass vase with applied decoration, 'Dahlia', circa 1900
13.25 in. (33.6 cm.) high
signed Gall...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
Gallé Art Nouveau French Cameo Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful Galle French cameo vase with trailing leaves and flowers.
The vase features a mauve floral design on a golden umber background.
Signed "...
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Early 20th Century French Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Émile GALLÉ, Jardiniere with a design inspired by the nature of Pharaonic Egypt
By Émile Gallé
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This ceramic jardinière, with a design inspired by the natural world of ancient Egypt, was created by Émile Gallé in the late 19th century.
Considered the founding father of Art Nou...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Ceramic
Émile Gallé Miniature Cameo Vase, Art Nouveau, Ca 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Delft, NL
Émile Gallé miniature Cameo vase, Art Nouveau, ca 1900
Émile Gallé (Nancy, 1846 –1904) was a French glassmaker and furniture designer
Émile Gallé 7...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
VERY RARE EMILE GALLE ROMANTIC SPECiMEN WOOD TABLE "WHEN I SING, LOVE WILL END"
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare Emile Galle signed occasional table with sample wood top depicting a Rooster and a q...
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Early 20th Century French Edwardian Émile Gallé Furniture
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Walnut
Cameo Glass Vase Green Fern by Emile Galle, 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 visi...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
$4,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Emile Galle Nancy ceramic / Faience plate Enamel/ paint Decorative Art Nouveau
By Émile Gallé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful painted ceramic by the well known Art Nouveau artist/ designer Emile Galle, also known for cameo glass etched and furniture .
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Ceramic, Faience
Antique collector Emile Gallé Asparagus plate
By Émile Gallé
Located in ASNIÈRES-SUR-SEINE, FR
Extremely rare Emile Gallé majolica plate.
For lovers of majolica, or of Gallé, it's a true find.
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Majolica
Emile Galle, Rare 'Chrysanthemes vase' c 1900, Etched Glass, Signed
By Émile Gallé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an early glass vase my the well known French artist Emile Galle, made in the late 19 and early 20th century most like it in Nancy, France. We found an other sample of this wo...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
Émile GALLÉ, Ornamental Dish With A Monkey Climbing Among Flowers
By Émile Gallé
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This highly original polychrome enamel ceramic dish featuring a monkey on a flowering branch was created by Émile Gallé, based on a model designed around 1878-1880.
Considered the f...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Ceramic
Emile Gallé, France, Antique Bowl in Mouth-Blown Art Glass, 1870s-1880s
By Émile Gallé
Located in København, Copenhagen
Emile Gallé, France. Antique bowl in mouth-blown art glass with hand-painted flower decorations in gold, 1870s-1880s.
Measures: 24 x 5 cm.
In good condition with minor wear in the ...
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1870s French Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Blown Glass
French Art Nouveau Game Table by Emile Galle
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bridgewater, CT
French Art Nouveau game table by Emile Galle.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Wood
French Art Deco Emile Galle Cameo Glass Cicada Banjo Vase, circa 1923
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
An ultra rare Art Deco Emile Galle 'Banjo' vase, depicting a Cicada resting on a fruiting olive branch in brown and green over yellow/orange, signed in cameo (see picture 3) -Provost...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
Early 20th Century Cameo Vase Entitled "Moon Vase" by Emile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
A beautiful early 20th Century cameo glass vase acid cut and etched with a deep red floral decoration against a yellow background. With a crescent moon at the openning of the vase. E...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Emile Galle Early Cameo Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Sarasota, FL
Early cameo glass vase by Emile Galle.. Beautiful work, unsual execution of the 1890-1900. Signed in cameo.
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
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 color...
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Pair of French Porcelain Lions Holding Wrought Iron Candelabras
By Émile Gallé
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Victorian (19th Century) large porcelain lion figures holding wrought iron candelabras (signed by EMILE GALLE "Emile a Nancy"/Prov: Estat...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Wrought Iron
Very Rare Emile Galle Romantic Specimen Wood Table Un Peu Beaucoup Passionnement
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare Emile Galle signed occasional table with gold Giltwood Rams head base and sample wood floral ...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Wood
$7,265 Sale Price
30% Off
Émile GALLÉ, Precious Egyptian Ship, a rare earthenware piece
By Émile Gallé
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Taking Mediterranean Antiquity as his theme, Emile Gallé created this rare and original piece.
A ceramist and glassmaker, Gallé was one of the greatest names in the Art Nouveau move...
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Late 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Earthenware
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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1890s Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
Fine Cameo Glass Vase by Emile Gallé, Signed
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Gallé, French (1846-1904)
A fine Cameo glass vase, 'Pine Trees', circa 1900.
Measures: 9.4 in. (23.8 cm.) high
signed in cameo Gallé.
Emile Gallé was a master craftsman ...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
Emile Galle floral plates, c. 1880, set of three
By Émile Gallé
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Extremely rare, beautiful set of three plates by Emile Galle.Faience Botanical Plates, Nancy, France, late 19th century,aesthetic movement --decorated with tulip, columbine, and paph...
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19th Century French Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Ceramic
$2,940 / set
Art Nouveau Flacon Shape Vase with Clematis Decor, Émile Gallé, France 1903/04
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Vase in the form of a flacon: slightly bulged body, tapering towards the top, narrow opening, widening to the flared rim of the mouth. The area close to the floor is completely cover...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
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...
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1890s Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
Emile Gallé circa 1890 "Fleurs exotiques"
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Gallé, circa 1890
"Fleurs exotiques"
etched, enameled and parcel-gilt light amber cameo glass vase
inscribed to underside of base E Gallé with a blossom
Size: 17.75 in. (45...
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20th Century Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Unusual Emile Galle Enameled Glass Goblet
By Émile Gallé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An unusual Emile Galle enameled glass goblet
Decorated with enamel decorations throughout
Excellent condition.
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Early 20th Century French Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
Émile Gallé, circa 1890
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904),
circa 1890
The enamel decorated bulbous body with an out-turned rim of translucent to cloudy marine blue, decorated with floral s...
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1890s Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
$7,500
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.),...
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1910s Vintage Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
Rare Art Nouveau Nesting Tables with Botanical Marquetry by Émile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare set of nesting tables by Émile Gallé, a leading figure of the French Art Nouveau movement. Each table features detailed botanical marquetry, with inlaid signatures at the top. T...
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Early 1900s French Modern Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Wood
Price Upon Request
Emile Gallé furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Emile Gallé furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Emile Gallé furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Emile Gallé were created in the Art Nouveau style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Georges De Feure, Clement Massier, and Jerome Massier. Prices for Emile Gallé furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $355 and can go as high as $145,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,890.
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