Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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
Rare French Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase by Emile Galle, Cyclamens Decor
By Gallé, Émile Gallé
Located in Bochum, NRW
Emile Gallé Solifleur Vase
A rare shaped vase by Emile Galle dating from 1904, with a decor of branches with cyclamens flowers and leaves. Double gourde vase made of cameo glass with...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Emile Galle Cameo, Glass Banjo Vase, Décor Begonias, France, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bochum, NRW
An excellent French Art Nouveau Vase in a classic banjo shape, with a deep red flowering landscape etched and acid cut against a yellow background, with fine color and detail. Rare ...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Émile Gallé long neck Cameo vase, Art Nouveau, 1904-1906
By Émile Gallé
Located in Delft, NL
Émile Gallé long neck Cameo vase, Art Nouveau, 1904-1906
Émile Gallé (Nancy, 1846 –1904) was a French glassmaker and furniture designer
Émile Gallé 30 cm high long neck Cameo vase m...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Rare Émile Gallé Nancy Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase, Decor of Convolvulus
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bochum, NRW
A Rare Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase with Convolvulus Decor, by Émile Gallé Nancy, circa 1900s.
A Gourde Vase made of colorless glass with milky white and orange overlay. High and dee...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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French Emile Galle Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Landscape Vase, circa 1910
By Émile Gallé, Louis Hestaux
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Impressive Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo landscape vase, 7 1/2 inches tall, in a variety browns and yellows with a hint of opal, signed in came...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Émile Gallé (1846-1904) French Art Nouveau Glass Vase « Roses » circa 1910
By Émile Gallé
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
French Art Nouveau Caméo Glass Vase «Pavots » circa 1910
Multi-layered glass
Triple overlay, green, red and yellow glass
Acid-etched cameo decoration of poppi...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Émile Gallé small Cameo vase, Art Nouveau, ca 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Delft, NL
Émile Gallé small Cameo vase, Art Nouveau, ca 1900
Émile Gallé (Nancy, 1846 –1904) was a French glassmaker and furniture designer
Émile Gallé 20 cm hig...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Rare Soliflore French Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase, Berries Decor by Emile Galle
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bochum, NRW
Delicate soliflore vase with berries and leaves decor.
Multi-layered glass, with a decor intricately cleared with acid through vivid crimson red against a deep yellow glass ground.
T...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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A Rare Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase with Orchids, by Emile Gallé, Nancy, 1920s
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bochum, NRW
A Rare Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase with Orchids, by Emile Gallé, Nancy, 1920s.
French Art Nouveau Emile Gallé Orchids Vase, Nancy, 1920s.
Baluster-shaped vase, multilayer cased glas...
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1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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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. Features a golden base color with amber...
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Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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A Rare Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase with Crocus Decor, by Emile Galle circa 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bochum, NRW
A Rare Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase with Crocus Decor, by Emile Galle circa 1904.
A rare vase by Emile Galle with a decor of Crocus (Colchicum autumnale). Ovoid vase with a shouldere...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Art Nouveau Emile Galle Soliflore Vase 'Anémones of Alpes', France 1900s
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bochum, NRW
Emile Gallé, an Art Nouveau cameo glass vase, Nancy, France, around 1900.
Double-layered glass, violet on a pink background. Decorated with Alps anemones in a cameo. Signed Gallé.
H...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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A Rare Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase with Clematis Decor, by Émile Gallé Nancy
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bochum, NRW
A Rare Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase with Clematis Decor, by Émile Gallé Nancy
Emile Gallé Cameo glass vase, richly decorated with branches with flowe...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Emile Galle, A Rare & Important Ormolu-Mounted Double Carp Fish Pink-Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A rare and important French "Japonsime" Emile Galle Ormolu-Mounted Double Carp Fish Pink-Glass vase, circa 1879, retailed by L'Escalier De Cristal, Paris
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19th Century French Japonisme Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Ormolu, Enamel
E Gallé, Large Vase With Comumbines, Art Nouveau
By Émile Gallé
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large multi-layered glass vase, with acid-etched decoration, of comumbines in flowers and buds
Japanese-style Gallé signature
Good condition, no cracks or chips
Early 20th century...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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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. The vase features high-cut acid-etched flowers. B...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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E.Gallé (1846-1904) "Fleurs de Pommier "Soufflé Glass Vase circa 1910
By Émile Gallé
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
French Art Nouveau Cameo Mold Blown Glass Vase « Fleurs de Pommier » circa 1910
Beautiful and very rare Art Nouveau molded-blowned g...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase "Lake Como" by Emile Galle
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
An exceptionally stunning early 20th Century French cameo glass vase etched and enamelled with a scenic landscape of Lake Como including mountrains, buildings and birds. The vase wit...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Monumental 24’ Emile Galle Four Color Cameo Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
Large and finely carved Four color Gallé Cameo glass floral floor vase, circa 1910, art Nouveau.
Marks: Gallé
Measures: Height: 24.35 inches (62 cm)
Diameter: 9.75 inches
Condition: Very good with no damage or repairs.
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Tall Emile Galle Art Nouveau Botanical Carved Cameo Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
Tall Emile Galle Art Nouveau Botanical Carved Cameo Vase
Carved and acid etched multilayered glass
Circa 1900 Art Nouveau
Signed: “Galle”
Height: 15.75 Inches
Diameter: 3.75 Inches
C...
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Émile Gallé (1846-1904), Rare Cameo Glass Vase 'Basilique Saint-Nicolas-de-Port'
By Émile Gallé
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
Rare and Important Galle French Cameo Glass Vase
Cased glass, opalescent, colorless, yellow and blue, acid-etched design with the Basilica of St Nicolas de P...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Émile Gallé (1846-1904) French Art Nouveau Glass Vase « Magnolias» circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
French Art Nouveau Caméo Glass Vase «Magnolias » circa 1900
A multilayer deep red and yellow glass vase with acid-etched and wheel-engraved decoration.
Desig...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Emile Galle Red Cameo Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
Emile Gallé Art Nouveau Acid etched and cameo three color glass vase. Rose flowers are window pained and let delicate lights waves through in a translucent effect, This is a rather l...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Art Nouveau Vase By Émile Gallè Polychrome Glass, France 1910s
By Émile Gallé
Located in Palermo, IT
Art Nouveau vase by Émile Gallè polychrome glass, France 1910s
Intact and in good condition, signed.
Gallè's innovative techniques established him as one of the best glassmakers of ...
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1910s French Vintage Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Émile Gallé, Art Nouveau Glass Paste Vase, Decor With A Grasshopper
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bilzen, BE
VERY BEAUTIFUL VASE IN 3 COLORS OF GLASS PASTE - VERY BEAUTIFUL ACID DECORATION OF A GRASSHOUSE SIGNATURE GALLE AS A CAMEO IN THE DECOR – ART NOUVEAU PERIOD
Perfect condition
Height ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Émile Gallé (1846-1904), Large Cameo Glass Vase "Gladioli" circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Émile Gallé (1846-1904), Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase « Gladioli Flowers »
Large piriform vase on heel with long collar in dark blue and blue multi-layered glass
Cased glass, opales...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Antique 19th Century French Hand-Painted Earthenware Bowl by Emile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in COLMAR, FR
A wonderful, antique earthenware piece signed by the great French artist, Emile Gallé (see photo of markings on the base). This beautiful, reticulated, earthenware bowl/basket dates ...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Emile Gallé French Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Antwerp, BE
Emille Galle (1846-1904).
Émile Gallé was a French glass maker and furniture designer, who had his home in his native Nancy. His favourite topic, which he frequently used in his wor...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Vase With Morning Glory Decor, France, Circa 1898/1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Optically blown vase with bulbous body and long slender neck, round base, oval cross-section body, flared mouth pinched in a trefoil shape, mint green glass with dark blue powder mel...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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E.Gallé (1846-1904) French Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase « Anemones» circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
French Art Nouveau Caméo Glass Vase « Anemones » circa 1900
Rare Galle French cameo glass vase in dark blue over yellow
Blue Anemones flowers design
Signed in cameo Gallé
Émile Gallé was born in Nancy on 4 May 1846, the only son of Charles Gallé...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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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. The tops section interestin...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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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. Showcasing Gallé’s mast...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Émile Gallé (1846-1904), Cameo Glass Vase "Olive" circa 1910
By Émile Gallé
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
Gallé French Cameo Glass Vase
Cased glass, opalescent, light amber brown and olive green
Acid-etched design with olive branches
Signed Gallé
Circa 1910
Émi...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Vase "Floral Soufflé vase" by Emile Galle
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
An attractive late 19th Century French cameo glass souffle vase decorated with raised deep red and burgundy flowers against a variegating yellow field. Exhibiting excellent detail an...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Gallé Polar Bear Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Cameo Glass Polar Bear Vase
Émile Gallé
Circa 1927
This towering Art Nouveau vase stands as one of the finest achievements of Émile Gallé’s iconic gla...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Antique French Art Nouveau Fire Polished Cameo Glass Emile Gallé Stem Vase, 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique French Art Nouveau Emille Galle cameo glass vase, circa 1900.
The stem vase of a tapering conical form and finely wheel carved and acid etc...
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Glass Vase by Émile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in LU
An exquisite early twentieth-century Art Nouveau vase by renowned French artist Émile Gallé. This stunning piece, crafted from sand-polished glass, showcases Gallé’s signature revere...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Art Nouveau Vase By Émile Gallè Polychrome Glass, France 1900/1910
By Émile Gallé
Located in Palermo, IT
Art Nouveau vase by Émile Gallè polychrome glass, France 1900/1910
Intact and in good condition, signed.
Gallè's innovative techniques established him as one of the best glassmakers...
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1910s French Vintage Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Glass
Émile Gallé, Enameled Seashells and Flowers Green Opaline Glass Jardinière Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb and rare early Émile Gallé jardinière vase in green opaline glass with enamelled decorations of seashells, plants and flowers. France late 1800s. Signed "Émile Gallé pour Bonh...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Enamel
Moon glass vase by Emile Gallé with acid-etched clematis design 1940's
By Émile Gallé
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
"Moon” vase from the 1940s by French glass artist Emile Gallé. Yellow glass vase with a floral clematis design in burgundy hues throughout. Very fine craftsmanship with the artist's ...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Exceptionally Rare Emile Galle Cased Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Miami, FL
Emile Galle, Nancy. Vase, 1920s. Measures: H. 26 cm. Cased glass, clear, amber and opal white. A unique French overlay technique is used in this extremely rare and limited series wit...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Emile Galle Art Glass Cameo Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Emile Galle Art Glass Cameo Vase. It is an elongated ovoid shaped vase. It has a frosted orange glass at the upper top highlighted by differ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Fine Galle Cameo Glass Cabinet Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine Galle Cameo glass cabinet vase, with lavender cameo floral decoration, signed in the glass. Measure: The opening is 1.75" diameter.
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French Art Nouveau Emile Galle 'Intaglio' Cameo Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Rare and interesting early Emile Galle cameo vase, c14 inches tall, decorated with 1908 chrysanthemum series probably the "sur café au lait" version,...
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Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Silver Mounting, Nancy, France 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Bulbous shoulder vase on a flush stand, short neck piece with silver mount as a ring in a smooth, slightly flared design, on the outside opposite two fully sculptural branch and cone bundles, colourless glass with white powder meltings, overlay in blue-violet and green, meadow flower decoration etched in various stages, matt etched inside and outside.
Cameo signature 'Gallé' with star on the wall between the plants.
Silver mount hallmarked 'Minerve casquée' for 950 silver, France, and master's mark.
Hand-made Cameo Glass:
Glass overlaid with several layers, with high-cut worked out motifs. Since the middle of the 19th century, the design has also been done by etching. Cameo glass vessels were already being made in antiquity; at the end of the 19th century, Émile Gallé further developed this glass art, created Art Nouveau designs and employed a large factory in Nancy...
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Set Of 4 Art Nouveau Glass Vases By Gallé, 20th Century
By Émile Gallé
Located in Lisbon, PT
- Impressive Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo landscape vase, in a yellow background and brown inlaid details aquatic vegetation and autumn tonality.
Represent a magnificent Fuschia Fl...
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Pair Of Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Vases, Art Nouveau, 20th Century
By Émile Gallé
Located in Lisbon, PT
Pair Of Gallé vases:
- A rare Etablissement Galle 'Cherries' mold-blown souffle cameo glass vase.
The baluster body with acid-etched and mold-blown decoration, in shades of red on a...
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Cameo Glass Vase With Florals Signed Galle
By Émile Gallé
Located in Norwood, NJ
Floral Art Nouveau cameo glass style vase signed Galle. Lavender color Art glass vase.
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Emile Gallé Cherries Souffle Cameo Glass Vase, 1915
By Émile Gallé
Located in Lisbon, PT
A rare Etablissement Galle 'Cherries' mold-blown souffle cameo glass vase.
The baluster body with acid-etched and mold-blown decoration, in shades of red on an etched yellow and opaq...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Gallé Art Nouveau Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This remarkable acid-etched vase is the work of the famed Art Nouveau master Émile Gallé, one of the most highly regarded names in French glassmaking. The artist's love of nature is ...
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Large Round Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Seascape Decor, France 1905
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Vase in the shape of a drum on an oval, short base, slightly tapering towards the top in depth, at the top as an opening an arcuate cutout with a slight beaded edge. Colorless glass ...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Emile Galle Fire Polished Tall Stemmed Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
Tall Early Gallé Fire-Polished Cameo Glass Solifleur Vase, circa 1900
Signed: In Japonism script “gallé”
Height: 12.4 inches (31.5 cm)
Tall vase with pe...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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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. This vase is normally found with red hyacinths and brown foliage. Yellow with green foliage is rare to find. ...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Large Galle Cameo Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large and impressive original Art Nouveau Emile Gallé cameo glass vase. colourless glass with a degrading amber layer overlaid in brown blue and green, e...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Daffodil Decor, France, Ca 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Baluster-shaped vase body on a slightly flared, flush base with a bulbous, upwardly widening wall, on gently sloping shoulders a constriction to form a short neck piece with a slight...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Gallé Cameo Glass Anemone Vase, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
Galle Cameo Glass Anemone Vase, circa 1900 Art Nouveau
Marks: Gallé
Height: 9.5 inches (24.1 cm)
Diameter: 4.5
Condition: Vase features red and pink anemones over a white to yellow...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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Large Emile Galle Scenic Cameo Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
Emile Galle scenic wheel carved and acid etched cameo vase.
A beautiful and tall cameo vase by Galle. The 18 - 1/2” tall vase has a background of muted yellow glass near the base, which progresses to blue/gray at mid-vase, and then peach towards the top. Brown, cameo cut trees are generously displayed across the body of the vase, with the addition of a boat in the lake.
Signed "Galle".
Dimensions: 18 - 1/2” x 10” x 8”.
Condition: Very good
Émile Gallé (8 May 1846 in Nancy – 23 September 1904 in Nancy) was a French artist and designer who worked in glass, and is considered to be one of the major innovators in the French Art Nouveau movement. He was noted for his designs of Art Nouveau glass art and Art Nouveau furniture, and was a founder of the École de Nancy or Nancy School, a movement of design in the city of Nancy, France.
Gallé born on 4 March 1846 in the city of Nancy, France. His father, Charles Gallé, was a merchant of glassware and ceramics who had settled in Nancy in 1844, and his father-in-law owned a factory in Nancy which manufactured mirrors. His father took over the direction of his mother's family business, and began to manufacture glassware with a floral design. He also took over a struggling faience factory and began manufacturing new products.
The young Gallé studied philosophy and natural science at the Lycée Imperial in Nancy. At the age of sixteen he went to work for the family business as an assistant to his father, making floral designs and emblems for both faience and glass. In his spare time he became an accomplished botanist, studying with D.A. Godron, the director of the Botanical Gardens of Nancy and author of the leading textbooks on French flora. He collected plants from the region and from as far away as Italy and Switzerland. He also took courses in painting and drawing, and made numerous drawings of plants, flowers, animals and insects, which became subjects of decoration.
At the age of sixteen he finished the Lycée in Nancy and went to Weimar in Germany from 1862–1866 to continue his studies in philosophy, botany, sculpture and drawing. In 1866, to prepare himself to inherit the family business, he went to work as an apprentice at the glass factory of Burgun and Schwerer in Meisenthal, and made a serious study of the chemistry of glass production. Some of his early glass and faience works for the family factory at Saint-Clémont were displayed at the 1867 Paris Universal Exposition. In early 1870 he designed a complete set of dishware with a rustic animal designs for the family enterprise. During this time he became acquainted with the painter, sculptor and engraver Victor Prouvé, an artist of the romantic "troubadour" style, who became his future collaborator in the Nancy School.
He enlisted for military service in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, then was demobilised after the disastrous French defeat in 1871 and the French loss to Germany of much of the province of Lorraine, including Meisenthal where he had done his apprenticeship. Thereafter the Cross of Lorraine, the patriotic symbol of the region, became part of his signature on many of his works of art.
After his demobilization Gallé went to London, where he represented his father at an exhibition of the arts of France, then to Paris, where he remained for several months, visiting the Louvre and Cluny Museum, studying examples of ancient Egyptian art, Roman glassware and ceramics, and especially early Islamic enamelled...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Decorative Objects
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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 Decorative Objects
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Glass
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