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Period: Early 1900s
Antique Set of Three Edwardian Hobnail Cut Crystal Decanters 20thCentury
Located in London, GB
A superb set of three antique Edwardian hobnail cut crystal decanters circa 1900 in date.
The three wonderful hobnail cut square decanters with original faceted ball stoppers.
It i...
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Edwardian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
After Jean Louis Grégoire Spelter Figure "Boy Playing Pipe"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
After Jean Louis Grégoire (France, 1840-1890) A Charming French 19th-20th Century Patinated Spelter Figure of "The Animal Charmer", depicting a sta...
Category
French Folk Art Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Spelter
$4,685 Sale Price
27% Off
Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Mantel Clock, Samuel Marti, Paris
By Samuel Marti
Located in Norwich, GB
Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Mantel Clock
Edwardian mantel clock housed in a break arch mahogany case with walnut panels and satinwood line stringing , brass pillars to either side wit...
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French Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Gustave Asch Blue Green and Gold Porcelain Vase
By Gustave Asch
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Most Gustave Asch Porcelain vase works come in cobalt blue. This piece is a rare blue green. It was created in the village of Sainte Radegonde in Southern France in the early 1900s b...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Daum Nancy Glass and Louis Majorelle iron Art Nouveau Bowl
By Louis Majorelle, Daum
Located in Dallas, TX
Daum Nancy
Louis Majorelle
Glass mold blown and Cast iron Cache pot or planter Bowl
Circa: 1910
Nancy, France
Condition: Excellent
Diameter: 13.5 Inches
Height: 4.8 inches
A lovely...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Monumental Vase, Sign: Muller Fres Luneville, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, liberty
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Muller Fres Luneville
acid worked
Muller Feres
The heart of the company was formed by five brothers (Henri, Desire, Eugene, Pierre, Victor) from a glass making family who ...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Italian Plaster Doryphorus Bust Originally by Polykleitos
Located in Austin, TX
Antique Italian plaster bust from Italy made in the late Victorian period, circa 1900. The sculpture is supported by an ebonized wooden base. The bust is a portrait of Doryphorus ori...
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Italian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
Antique Bronze Bust of a Smiling Child by Injalbert Foundry Mark Siot France 190
By Jean-Antoine Injalbert
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique bronze bust of a smiling child by Jean Antoine Injalbert. Foundry mark Siot Decauville Paris, Numbered. France 1900.
Bronze, patinated. Belgian red marble base.
Jean Anto...
Category
Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$2,068 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$7,993 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique Forged Iron Candelabra Torchere from Spain, Circa 1900
Located in Dallas, TX
Forged in Spain, circa 1900, this iron candelabra torchere has three arms embellished with angular protrusions, in the form of stylized leaves emanating from a plant stem. Each arm i...
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Spanish Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Sculptural Art Nouveau Jardinière With Butterflies And Tendrils, WMF, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborately designed vessel in an oval base shape standing on four cantilevered feet, openwork wall with symmetrically laid ribbons, bows and tendrils with berries, playing around tw...
Category
German Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Barovier Fenicia Bowl, 1900
By Barovier
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Fenicia bowl by Barovier, Murano, ca.1900. Blown double glass. Yellow, blue, green and white glass. 2 hot-applied handles. Measures: height: 1.6"(4cm), width: 3.5"(9cm), depth : 2.7"...
Category
Italian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Large Meiji Era Cloisonne Vase with amazing bird decoration
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Meiji Period amazing Japanese Cloisonne vase.
Meiji Period
(1868-1912). The reign of Emperor Meiji and the beginning of Japan's modern period. It st...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
$3,000 Sale Price
25% Off
Early 20th century Saxe Porcelain Cockatoo Figure by Karl Ens, 1900s
By Karl Ens
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful polychrome Saxe porcelain cockatoo on a branch from the Karl Ens factory (Thuringia), stamped under the base. Dates from the beginning of the 20th century. Magnificent pink...
Category
German Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Natural History Sea Shell Specimen Taxidermy
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Organic modern natural history specimen large sea shell as collectible or coastal decor.
Category
American Organic Modern Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Shell
Joseph Reinemann Jugendstil Pewter Novelty Bird Desk Inkwell, Germany c1902
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Joseph Reinemann Jugendstil Pewter Novelty Bird Desk Inkwell, Germany c1902.
Joseph Reinemann, Munich, a Jugendstil silvered pewter novelty desk inkwell in the form of a grotesque bi...
Category
German Arts and Crafts Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Pewter
Terracotta Majolica Pigeon Bavent Normandy
By Bavent
Located in Austin, TX
Terracotta Majolica Pigeon Bavent Normandy.
Category
French French Provincial Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Magnificent Large Antique French Photograph / Picture Frame c.1900, Cherubs
Located in Bath, GB
An outstanding antique French photograph frame made from cast mixed metals with the most amazing collection of cherubs gracing the front amongst a p...
Category
French Edwardian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
French Gilt Bronze Photo Picture Frame
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Gilt Bronze Photo Picture frame French Empire style having twin Picture aperture 58mm wide, original water mark type silk fabric, each corner of the frame has Gilded mounts featuring French Sphinx...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$631 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Coffee Maker" Viennese Vienna Cold Painted Oriental Bronze Franz Bergmann
Located in Berlin, DE
"The coffee maker" Viennese Vienna cold painted oriental bronze by Franz Bergmann.
Extremely fine and detailed masterpiece.
Both parts hallmarked.
Category
Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$5,289 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique English Sterling Silver Basket or Dish, 1908
Located in Bath, GB
A really pretty Edwardian pieced or reticulated dish, beautifully shaped outlined with a beaded rim and a scroll decorated handle each end.
The dish has a full English hallmark for London 1908...
Category
European Edwardian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Amazing Giant Western Bronze Elephant Sculpture
Located in Newmanstown, PA
Very unique and large bronze elephant sculpture. It is very skillfully done with a lot of nice details. A great accent piece for any room. Heigh...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Early 20th Century Sterling Silver Walnut Cigar Humidor Circa 1900
Located in London, GB
An early 20th century walnut cigar Humidor, circa 1900 with sterling silver corners and nameplate.
This piece has a campaign feel the corners are perfectly moulded.
The walls of the ...
Category
English Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Loetz Pampas Glass And Metal Mounted Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz Pampas Glass And Metal Mounted Vase
Czech Republic
Circa 1900
Unmarked
Height: 7.5 Inches, handle to handle 8.25 Inches
Condition: Very good with wear commensurate of age and use with some loss to gilt,
The Loetz glassworks existed in Klostermuhle, Austria, for just over a hundred years, starting from 1840. But its heyday was during the life-time of Max Ritter Von Spaun, grandson of the original Johann Loetz who had founded the company. Von Spaun took over the company in 1879 and ran it until 1908, a year before his death. He was assisted by Eduard Prochaska, his technical specialist, and together they invented, designed and produced a whole series of wonderful new types of glass, taking out several patents and winning awards at all the major world exhibitions during the 1890's and the first years of the new century.
The Loetz company were amongst the leaders in Art Nouveau design and expecially in irridescent art glass. "Papillon" glass, like the vase on the left, is sometimes known today as "oil spot" glass. Another favourite Loetz colouring was irridized glass with pulled trails called "Phenomenon" glass. There were irridized vases with ribbons of metallic colours winding over the surface, and many spectacular designs with applied trails of beautiful colours, or simply pulled out of the body of the glass to form handles or decoration.
About 1900 the company started collaborating with outside designers, and some great artists designed pieces for Lotz, notably Joseph Hofmann, Koloman Moser, Maria Kirchner, and Hofstatter.
In 1908 Loetz was taken over by Max Von Spaun's son, also called Max, and although it struggled financially (going through bankruptcy in 1911 and again in 1931) there were several great designers whose work was produced by Loetz during those years and through the art deco period. These included Adolf Beckert...
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Czech Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of green Moroccan candleholders in green Tamegroute ceramic
By Maison de l'Art Nouveau
Located in Valladolid, ES
Exquisite pair of glazed ceramic vases from Tamegroute, a village located in the Draa River Valley, in southern Morocco. Historically, it served as a center of learning and religion ...
Category
Moroccan Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Silver and Tortoiseshell Singing Bird Box by Bontems, circa 1900
By Bontems
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Singing bird box by bontems of Paris, Circa 1900. Tortoisesheel embellished with sterling silver, with silver and enamel lid.
Category
French Late Victorian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Ainun Black Bear Hand Carved Wood Sculpture with Glass Eyes
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A traditional Ainu bear carving typically depicts a black bear with stylized features, often emphasizing its strength and significance in Ainu cultur...
Category
Neoclassical Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$165 Sale Price
40% Off
"Geniuses of the Arts" Gilded Bronze and Marble Clock Set by G. Fabre, c. 1900
By G. Fabre, Samuel Marti
Located in PARIS, FR
Dial signed G. Fabre, 4 rue des Filles du Calvaire, Paris
Clockwork signed Samuel Marti – Médaille d’Or 1900
A Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and statuary Carrare marble clock set, consisting of a clock and a pair candelabra...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian 19th-20th Century Whimsical White Marble Wishing Wellhead with Children
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and exceptionally carved Italian 19th-20th century Baroque Revival style whimsical white Carrara marble wishing wellhead, raised on an octagonal two-step marble base. The intricately carved marble relief circular wellhead depicting carved figures of dancing and cheerful children (Putti) among vines, flowers and fruits, dancing and playing musical instruments with a backdrop of castles, landscapes, forests and wreaths, Florence, circa, 1900.
Note: We have part II video of this amazing Wishing Wellhead. Please feel free to request a copy.
Literature:
A similar wellhead was sold by Jan's & Co. Fine French Antiques, Inc. in 1999, provenance the Atkinson/Kirkeby Estate and it is illustrated in "The Estates of Beverly Hills" by Charles Lockwood and Jeff-Hyland, page 150.
Another similar is currently on display at the gardens of "The Elms" mansion a public museum part of the Newport Mansions by The Preservation Society of Newport County in Newport, Rhode Island.
Yet another similar wellhead carved with frolicking putti with musical instruments and a dentil molded rim is located at Cranbrook House, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and is illustrated in B. Israel, Antique Garden Ornament...
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Italian Baroque Revival Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
Terracotta Majolica Bulldog Bavent Normandy
By Bavent
Located in Austin, TX
Large Terracotta bulldog from Bavent (Normandy), circa 1900.
H / 9 inches, L / 10.5 inches.
Category
French French Provincial Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Amphora Art Nouveau Vase with Pine Cone Motif by Paul Dachsel for Kunstkeramik
Located in Chicago, US
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
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Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Vienna Secession glazed earthenware vase, Austria, ca. 1902
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
An octagonal green and blue earthenware vase with blue glazed squares, marked Austria and numbered 7143. These type of vases were made in the Vienna School of Applied Arts (Wiener Ku...
Category
Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
$2,021 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair 12" Antique English Oak Barley Twist Candlesticks - Brass Tops
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful pair of wooden candlesticks, always a winning combination, polished Oak and brass.
Not to be confused with a simple pair of twists, these are the highly sought-after "op...
Category
British Edwardian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Beautiful Edwardian Sterling Silver Table/Jewelry Box With Pull-Out Drawer
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful, Edwardian period, sterling silver table/jewelry box on ball feet, having a hinged lid and a pull-out drawer (which has a lovely, hinged handle). The box was made in Chest...
Category
English Edwardian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Demijohn, Carboy or Jimmyjohn
Located in New York, NY
Whether you like to call them, carboy or demijohn or jimmy john, they all refer to the same glass containers. Carboy originates from the Persian word; qarabah. Demijohn comes from the French; dame-Jeanne, or Lady Jane and derives from the 17th century and refers to any glass vessel, with a large body, capable of holding from 5 and 16 gallons of liquid, with a small neck and presumably encased in wicker. In England, demijohn refers to an imperial gallon...
Category
French Country Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Composition tortoiseshell and gilt metal singing bird box
Located in London, GB
A good antique composition tortoiseshell and gilt metal singing bird box,
German
circa 1900
Going-barrel movement
Setting the birds free...
When wound and the sta...
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Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Antique Meissen Porcelain Figurine, Boy with a Flower Basket, Model 149
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Meissen porcelain figurine. Boy with flower basket. Model 149. Approx. 1900.
Measures: 12.8 x 6.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
1st factor...
Category
German Rococo Revival Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Vase with Cranes by the Villeroy&Boch Manufacture, Mettlach Germany, Circa 1900
Located in PARIS, FR
Model n° 1567
Beautiful Japanese inspired baluster-shaped vase in tinted stoneware. The rich polychrome rotating decoration illustrates cranes in the moonlight, near a lake lined wi...
Category
German Japonisme Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Art Nouveau Majolica Vase by Sarreguemines, France
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This antique Art Nouveau double-handled majolica ceramic vase features a beautifully embossed floral motif and was made by the famous French manu...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$648 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Nouveau Good Quality Enamel Decorated Brass Box
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine quality Art Nouveau enamel decorated rectangular box dating from around 1900. Possibly Austrian, the box is made in brass with a hinged overlapping cover the top applied with ...
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Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Vienna Bronze Sculpture of a Cat in Bergman Style, Austria, ca. 1900
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Vienna cold painted bronze of a Cat antique figure.
Offered is a Viennese cold-painted bronze figure of a Cat dating to the early 20th century. He shows...
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Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Vase, Sign: Muller Fres Luneville, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, liberty
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Muller Fres Luneville
acid worked
Muller Feres
The heart of the company was formed by five brothers (Henri, Desire, Eugene, Pierre, Victor) from a glass making family who ...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Big Pair of Candelabras, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Sign, Christofle 2825098
By Christofle
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Centerplace
Sign: Christofle 2825098
Metal: Silver plated
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982.If you have any questions we ...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau "Spiders & Brambles Vase" by Gabriel Argy-Rosseau, French c. 1902
Located in Chicago, US
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
French Art Nouveau Alabaster Young Lady, 1900
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Nouveau sculpture, France, ca.1900. Young Lady Bust. Alabaster & marble. In direct carving. Height : 12.2"(31cm), Width : 11.8"(30cm), , Depth : 6.7"(17cm)
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
"Bliss, " Unique and Early Bronze of Female Nude by John Gregory, 1907
By John Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A beautiful and sublime personification of contentment and bliss, this bronze was sculpted by John Gregory -- who later executed 9 large bas relief pa...
Category
American Beaux Arts Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$2,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Oversized Edwardian Threaded Glass and Sterling Silver Match Striker
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent oversized English match striker wither a sterling silver mount and well fully hallmarked for London, 1914 (slightly rubbed).
It’...
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English Edwardian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Inusual Vase, Sign: Muller Freres Luneville, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Muller Freres Luneville
acid worked
Muller Feres
The heart of the company was formed by five brothers (Henri, Desire, Eugene, Pierre, Victor) from a glass making family wh...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Set of 5 Circa 1900 Blue and White Delft Vases from Holland
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful set of five blue and white Delft vases, this faience collection was hand-painted in Holland, circa 1900. The three bulbous vases are lidded, each with a finial depicting a rampant lion with a ball in its forepaws. Beneath the lion is a mottled background (on the front side only), with a foliate and floral margent. Each vase has the same scene painted on the front of the main body: a couple walking through a field surrounded by flowers. The opposite side has a floral rinceaux above a foliate branch. Painted in a similar fashion, the two concave vases are without lids. The side opposite from the cartouche of the couple has floral margents. All five vases have canted corners on the base.
Inspired by Italian majolica, the faience produced in 16th century Holland...
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Dutch Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Delft, Paint
Ormolu and Glass Souvenir Trinket Jewelry Box, City of Meran, Italy, circa 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous glass top trinket box made of ormolu. The hinged top featuring a City view of Meran. No restoration has been carried out on this charming little trinket box, which remains...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
$55 Sale Price
75% Off
Statuette of Don Quixote in bronze and alabaster, Spain circa 1900
Located in Paris, FR
Statuette of Don Quixote in gilded and silvered bronze, on a high alabaster base.
Category
Spanish Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
French Trompe L'oeil Pate Tureen Pillivuyt Mehun, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French trompe L'oeil pate tureen Pillivuyt Mehun, circa 1900, Pate en croute.
Category
French French Provincial Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
A pair of English Art Nouveau candlesticks with flowing organic decor
Located in London, GB
A nice quality pair of English Art Nouveau candle sticks with flowing organic decoration throughout. Price for the pair.
Category
English Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$3,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Antique Silver Plated Corinthian Candlesticks
Located in Suffolk, GB
Pair of antique silver plated Corinthian candlesticks having pretty shaped removable sconces to the top and supported by attractive circular re...
Category
English Edwardian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Unusual Indian Khond Attributed Stylized Patinated Metal Seated Dog Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual antique/vintage Indian Khond tribe attributed stylized patinated metal, possibly bronze, seated dog figure sculpture believed to date to the late 19th or early 20th centur...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Chinese Shagreen Covered Eyeglass Case in Natural Grey
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Chinese eyeglass case of flattened tubular form with closed ends, sliding open in the center and made of papier mâché covered in natural grey shagreen.
Category
Chinese Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Shagreen
Edwardian Sterling Silver Chamberstick by Tiffany and Company
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian, sterling silver chamber stick, Tiffany and Company, New York, inventory marked for 1902-1903. Measures 4 inches high x 5 1/2 inches in diameter x 7 1/4 inches across from ...
Category
American Edwardian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Marble Specimen Bust of Julius Caesar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large black, red, and white marble specimen bust of Julius Caesar.
Dimensions:
35"H x 29"W x 14"D.
Category
Italian Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Antique Vintage 19th Century Hand Carved Artist Wooden Articulated Lay Figure
Located in Sale, GB
- A wonderful hand carved artist lay figure, English 19th Century.
- The figure has a subtle understated presence, solid in structure and form, fully articulated yet missing the low...
Category
British Antique Early 1900s Decorative Objects
Materials
Beech, Pine
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Cigar Culture Was Once the Peak of Masculinity. Now, It’s a Compelling Curiosity
Even for those who don’t indulge, elegant smoking accessories and audacious art portraying cigar enthusiasts hold a nostalgic allure.
African Travel Plans on Hold? This Ardmore Leopard Vase Brings the Beauty of the Savanna to You
It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
With a High-Tech Flagship and Cool Collabs, Lladró Is Breaking the Mold for Porcelain Production
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
Zoë Powell’s Magnolia 05 Vessel Is Handmade from Clay She Unearthed Herself
The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.
8 Ways to Breathe New Life into a Space with Plants
The pair behind the Instagram account @houseplantclub share their tips for making any room of the house gloriously green.
Paris Gallerist Sandy Toupenet Gets Fired Up over 20th-Century Ceramics and Inventive New Makers
Her space on the city’s Left Bank mixes mid-century pieces by the likes of Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso with whimsical contemporary creations.