Francois Decorchemont Bowls and Baskets

A multicolored glass pâte de verre footed bowl with impressed mark "Decorchemont". Francois Decorchemont studied at The National School of Decorative Arts in Paris. The pâte de verre...

A purple and clear glass pâte de verre footed bowl with impressed mark "Decorchemont". Francois Decorchemont studied at The National School of Decorative Arts in Paris. The pâte de v...

A very impressive Art Deco pâte de verre footed bowl with impressed mark "Decorchemont". Francois Decorchemont studied at The National School of Decorative Arts in Paris. The pâte de...

François-Emile Décorchemont. A unique pâté de crystal verre coupe by François-Emile Décorchemont, 1921. Impressed with artist's seal. A generous sized footed bowl vase with thickness and weight. Decorated with baby pine cones and swirls on marbled and bubbled glass with colors ranging from greens, burgundies, browns and slight hints or red. Measures: Diameter 7.25 Inches Height 4.5 Inches Condition: Excellent with one open manufacturing bubble on bottom foot rim worth mentioning. Please also consider Avantiques eclectic collection of art glass including Daum Nancy, Emile Galle, Argy Rousseau and Almeric Walter. François-Emile Décorchemont French, 1880-1997 François Décorchemont, originally an accomplished painter and potter of recognized ability, turned to the making of glass in 1904. Pâté de verre was the medium in which he excelled and for which he is best known. After studying decorative art in Paris, François Décorchemont returned to his native Conches in 1910 to develop new techniques in stained glass, particularly in the use of crystal to give multicolored and faceted panes. After 1909, while continuing to produce fine glass paste pieces, Francois Decorchemont began to experiment with a new casting technique. François Decorchemont, Emile's son and also an artist, helped out in his father’s studio, in particular helping him to research the possibilities of creating jeweled adornments in pates d'email (enamel pastes) for Gerome's polychrome sculptural creations. Francois Décorchemont, a potter and painter at the outset of his career, became fascinated with the IDEA of developing and utilizing a thin translucent glass material in his work. It was in essence the revival and an adaptation of a long forgotten Egyptian glass-making process using colored crystal powdered glass, metallic oxides and an adhesive paste. This "new" material, known as pâte de verre was developed around the turn of the century, principally at the Sevres porcelain factory, by a number of artists working there, notably Henri Cros and Albert Dammouse. The end of the 19th century was an illuminated period in the history of art. Impressionist painting appeared and created an interest in glass as material. Traditional sculpting materials such as bronze and marble made way for glass with its possibilities of light and color. Henry Cros and François Décorchemont became the leaders of French pâte de verre and facilitated the proliferation of this colorful glass. His first major work, in 1934, was inn the Eglise Sainte-Odile near Porte Champerret in Paris, some 300 square meters of brilliant colors. After the war, he devoted his work to churches in the Eure, including of course Beuzeville where, thanks to the generosity of the local council, the church is lit at night so that his work can be admired from outside. During the first half of the 20th century a number of French artists became famous for their work in pâte de verre, and Francois Decorchemont among them. March 2014, 20th Century’s Greatest Art Dealer Felix Marcilhac’s Collection Privee at Sotheby’s - Chang Yi Entrusts Antoine Leperlier in the Bidding of a Francois Decorchemon's Original. It has been reported that Felix Marcilhac’s Collection Privee auction at Sotheby’s brought in 33,125 Euros (28,000 RMB), three times the estimated price. Marcilhac is considered the greatest Art Deco dealer...