EMILE GALLE – GUERIDON, CIRCA 1900
GUERIDON, CIRCA 1900
Walnut, the top inlaid
Signed
Height: 73 cm.
Guéridon tripode en noyer, plateau en marqueterie, pieds fuselés
Signé
Hauteur : 73 cm
Diamètre : 53,5 cm
GALLE Emile (1846-1904)
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EMILE GALLE – AIGUIERE AUX IRIS, 1893
AIGUIERE AUX IRIS, 1893
Multilayered glass, partly hammered with small irregular facets and wheel-carved decor of iris flowers
Height: 22 cm.
Most likely blown and engraved in Meisenthal then wheel-carved in Nancy
Designed to be mounted in silver, an example was acquired directly from Emile Gallé in 1893 by the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, the current Musée des Arts décoratifs, inventory number 7775. The mount is by Joseph Joindy, chased by Francis Peureux who was the main silver chaser at the Maison Boucheron. Our example is the unmounted one that remained in Emile Gallé’s family and no other example known to exist.
In his book L’Oeuvre de verre d’Emile Gallé, copyright 1998 Editions Messene, Paris,
François Le Tacon illustrates a ewer in red and black multilayred glass, that he dates 1893 and which is located in the castle museum of Boulogne-sur-Mer, inventory n. 750, height: 25 cm.; We read: “A l’opposé, une cruche de 1893 (fig.62), sans caractère symbolique, est un objet intrinsèquement décoratif. Soufflée et gravée à Meisenthal à l’acide, puis reprise à la roue à Nancy, elle était destinée à être montée à Paris sur argent doré, comme l’exemplaire du musée des Arts décoratifs. Elle est en cristal triple couche : une interne translucide, une intermédiaire noire foncée et une externe rouge. L’opposition violente entre le noir et le rouge donne à cette pièce un aspect particulier, encore souligné par l’agressivité de la gravure qui s’apparente beaucoup à une taille. La monture en argent ciselé et doré, de style rocaille, avec deux serpents s’enroulant autour de l’anse, plutôt de style Art nouveau, accentue encore les oppositions. La pièce parisienne, à décor d’iris, a été achetée directement à Gallé par le musée; celle de Boulogne, à décor de lys, appartenait à Charles Lebeau”.
EMILE GALLE – BOTTLE, CIRCA 1900
BOTTLE, CIRCA 1900
Blown, moulded internally decorated and wheel-carved marquetry glass; original stopper
Signed
12 cm. high
EMILE GALLE – LOUIS HESTAUX – VASE, 1889-1900
VASE, 1889-1900
Faience
After a design by Louis Hestaux
Signed in the mould
Height: 14.3 cm.
EMILE GALLE – “CIGALIERE” VASE, CIRCA 1900
“CIGALIERE” VASE, CIRCA 1900
Faience
Signed EG and Emile Gallé à Nancy Déposé
Height: 31 cm
Similar model (without the dotted lines) at the Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart
Exhibition
Nancy 1900 – Jugendstil in Lothringen, 1980, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, ill. p. 214, n. 148
Gallé, Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, édition de la RMN, 1985, p. 122 for a discussion on a planter with the same decor in the Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy collection
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics, An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 171
EMILE GALLE – “LA GIROFLEE DE MURAILLE”, CIRCA 1900
“LA GIROFLEE DE MURAILLE”, CIRCA 1900
Multilayered glass with four applied and wheel-carved flowers, gold leaf inclusions, partly hammered
Engraved signature
21 cm. high
Only one other example is known to exist
Provenance
According to previous owners, this vase was acquired at auction in Versailles around 1970 as therefore could be part of a group of vases sold by Emile Gallé’s descendants
EMILE GALLE – “LA BERCE DES PRES” DISPLAY CABINET, CIRCA 1900
“LA BERCE DES PRES” DISPLAY CABINET, CIRCA 1900
Decorated with sculpted umbellifers ; the wall studs of the piece of furniture are in beech ; the stems of the umbels are also in beech, as well as the stems starting from the posterior legs meeting in the middle behind the furniture item ; the lateral shelves in the shape of umbels are in walnut, as well as the sculpted umbels above the piece of furniture ; the top of the item is in elm burl veneer ; on the door, the waterway decor is in Japanese “ toné ”, the decor above this aquatic decoration is in ash.
The interior of the piece of furniture is in flame maple ; two shelves are in maple, they correspond with a superior level of positioning in the furniture item, and a shelf is in pine and corresponds to a positioning in the lower part of the piece of furniture.
158 cm. high; 95 cm. wide; 40 cm. deep
Bibliography
Georges de Bartha, Gallé furniture, 2012, The Antique Collectors’ Club, ill. p. 308, pl. 43 together with Gallé’s sketches
Provenance
To the best of our knowledge, only the Museum of Decorative Arts in Lyon owns an identical example which used to belong to Albert Daigueperce ; Albert Daigueperce (catalogue of the Museum of Nancy, Art Nouveau et industrie d’art, page 118)
EMILE GALLE – VASE, CIRCA 1900
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Footed egg shaped glass marquetry vase with a pinched neck and a design of finely carved water lilies
Similar example at the Kitazawa Art Museum, Suwa, Japon
Height: 19.5 cm.
Exhibition
Emile Gallé – Nature and Symbol / Le Langage des Fleurs et des Choses Muettes,
16 January – 10 April 2016, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum; 24 April – 5 June 2016, Utsunom
Bibliography
Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons Volume IV: Ceramics & Glass, ill. on the cover page and p. 40.
EMILE GALLE – FOOTED VASE, CIRCA 1900
FOOTED VASE, CIRCA 1900
Smoky glass, polychrome enameled with a carved and enameled praying mantis and blooming flowers
Unsigned
Height: 22 cm.
Provenance
The artist’s family by descent
EMILE GALLE – VASE, CIRCA 1900
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Multi layered glass with powder inclusions, thickly overlaid and carved with a crocus
Signed with a diamond point
Height: 14 cm.
EMILE GALLE – ANCOLIES VASE, CIRCA 1897-1900
ANCOLIES VASE, CIRCA 1897-1900
Hand-blown, acid-etched, and engraved glass with marquetry and foil inclusions
18.4 cm
Engraved Gallé
Bibliography
Dekorative Kunst, 3, 1899, p. 128, another similar example illustrated
L'Art Décoratif, March 1905, p. 136, another similar example illustrated
Collection Roger Marx – Objets d’Art Moderne, Lair-Dubreuil and Baudoin,
Paris, 13 May 1914, lot 81, for an attenuated version of this model
J. Bloch-Dermant, The Art of French Glass 1860-1914, New York, 1974, p. 94,
another similar example illustrated
Exposition Émile Galle and Toulouse-Lautrec, exhib. cat., Osaka, 1995, p. 48,
another similar example illustrated
H. Ricke, Glas des Art Nouveau, Munich, 1998, p. 126, fig. 40, another
similar example illustrated
V. Thomas, École de Nancy – Fleurs et ornements, Paris, 1999, p. 38,
for a pencil and watercolor design for a taller version of the ‘Ancolie’ vase
Émile Gallé et le Verre, Le Collection du Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, Nancy,
2004, p. 164, another similar example illustrated
Gallé Art Nouveau Glass, Kitazawa Museum of Art, exhib. cat., Vol. 2, Tokyo, pp. 35-36,
another similar example illustrated
E. Gallé, Émile Gallé, New York, 2014, p. 100, another similar example illustrated
EMILE GALLE – ORCHIDEE VASE, CIRCA 1900
ORCHIDEE VASE, CIRCA 1900
Applied, carved, and marquetry cased glass
22.9 x 14 cm;
Engraved Gallé
Bibliography
R. Marx, Émile Gallé – Psychologie de l’artiste et synthèse de l’oeuvre, Art et Décoration,
Paris, August 1911, p. 245, for an illustration of the variant in the Marx collection
Collection Roger Marx – Objets d’Art Moderne, Paris, 13 May 1914, lot 98, the above variant
of this model
J. Bloch-Dermant, L’Art du Verre en France 1860-1914, Lausanne, 1974, p. 100, another similar
example illustrated
L. Buffet-Challié, Le Modern Style, Paris,1975, p. 127, another similar example illustrated
P. Garner, Émile Gallé, Paris, 1976, p. 112, for an illustration of a variant of the green and pink version
B. Warmus, Émile Gallé – Dreams into Glass, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning,
New York, 1984, pp. 98-101, for illustrations of the Roger Marx collection variant, pp. 102-103,
cat. no. 20, for the variant, lot 45 in the present catalogue
A. Duncan, G. de Bartha, Gallé Le Verre, London, 1984, p. 76, pl. 98, another similar
example illustrated
P. Thiébaut, Gallé, Paris, 1985, p. 172, for an illustration of an 1889 precursor to this model,
and p. 210 for a green and pink version in the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie,
Boulogne-sur-Mer
A. Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Vol. IV: Ceramics and Glass, Woodbridge,
1998, p. 217, design drawing illustrated, p. 224, another similar example illustrated
from the Exposition de l’École de Nancy, Paris, 1903, p. 230, another similar example
illustrated from the Paris Salon 1903-1904
L’École de Nancy, 1889-1909, Paris, 1999, p. 185, another example illustrated
E. Gallé, Émile Gallé, New York, 2014, p. 154, another similar example illustrated
His striking vase ‘Orchidée’ of around 1900, with its full-relief application of a
coelogina cristata in full bloom, is the fulfilment of a model that dates back to 1889.
In that year Gallé included a version of the vase in his submission to the Exposition Universelle
in Paris. The model, its form derived from that of an archaic Chinese Han bronze vessel, was executed
in a lightly veined glass whose decoration was rendered in surface enameling, patination, and engraving. The motifs were drawn from both Islamic and Japanese sources.
The piece illustrated the eclecticism that marked Gallé’s oeuvre, particularly in its earlier chapters before the emergence through the 1890s and the fulfilment around 1900 of his mature style. The present piece exploits the same Han form, but now with a more complex and richer decoration
in the mass of the glass, and with the chosen flower, the orchid, represented in luscious full relief.
A version of this model was presented at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris and an
example was in the illustrious contemporary collection of Roger Marx, art critic, connoisseur,
Inspector-general of French museums and subsequently editor of La Gazette des Beaux-Arts
The model also exists in variegated jade green and pink with a pink flower in the
former collection of Roger Marx and in the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie, Boulogne-sur-mer.
EMILE GALLE – TWO COLOCYNTHS RARE VASE, CIRCA 1900
TWO COLOCYNTHS RARE VASE, CIRCA 1900
Japanese inspiration, in faience with a high-fired polychrome design on white glazed cover
The two colocynths have stylized cutouts on the belly, to receive the flowers
Some small scratches, firing cracks and a restored chip at the back
Black enamed signature under the base E. Gallé / Faïencerie de Nancy
Height: 33 cm
Bibliography
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 173
EMILE GALLE – VASE, CIRCA 1900
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Engraved marquetry with a design of ray and aquatic flora
Powder inclusions and inclusion of shattered gold foils, hammered with small facets
Silver gilt mount with French Minerva mark
Vertically engraved signature
17 cm. high
No similar example known to exist
Bibliography
For the same shape of the mounted vase: Tsuneo Yoshimizu, The Glass Arts of Emile Gallé, Gakken 1985, n.144; without the mount n. 143 and 184
Georges de Bartha, Glass by Gallé, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1984, p. 59, n. 61 (EU 1900)
EMILE GALLE – IMPORTANT LAMP, CIRCA 1900
IMPORTANT LAMP, CIRCA 1900
Triple glass with metallic powder inclusions with a design of butterflies on the shade on a arborescent landscape. Fired polished and hammered
The mount in patinated bronze
Etched signature
70 cm. high
Diameter of the shade: 40.5 cm.
EMILE GALLE – “ANEMONES” VASE, CIRCA 1880-1884
“ANEMONES” VASE, CIRCA 1880-1884
Multilayered glass, internally decorated, acid-etched and finely wheel-carved
20.5 cm. high
Another example is in the collection of the Kitazawa Museum in Suwa, Japan
Exhibition
Emile Gallé – Nature and Symbol / Le Langage des Fleurs et des Choses Muettes, 16 January-10 April 2016, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum; 24 April-5 June 2016, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, ill. p. 44, n. 027
Bibliography
L’Estampille, December 1978, ill. p. 16
Provenance
Jean-Claude Brugnot, Paris, 1974-1975
Private Collection, Italy
Acquired from the above
EMILE GALLE – “DRAGONFLIES” VASE, CIRCA 1895
“DRAGONFLIES” VASE, CIRCA 1895
Cylindrical vase in clear double layered glass, decorated with acid-etched radiant suns and
inclusions of metal oxides; embellished with two polychromatic enamelled dragonflies
Signed underneath by hand with a diamond point
21.5 cm. high; 11 cm. diameter
EMILE GALLE – VICTOR PROUVE – “LES CISELEURS DE LA MER”, 1900
“LES CISELEURS DE LA MER”, 1900
Pitcher of flattened form with wheel-carved aquatic decoration
Engraved signature
25.5 cm. high; 10.5 cm. wide; 3 cm. thick
One of four known to exist
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
Exposition de l’Ecole de Nancy, Paris, Pavillon de Marsan, 1903
Salon de la Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1904
Roger Marx, un critique aux côtés de Gallé, Monet, Rodin, Gauguin…, musée des Beaux-Arts, musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, Nancy, 6th May – 28th August 2006, n. 162 in the exhibition the catalogue, ill. p. 220
Victor Prouvé, le Maître de l’art Nouveau à Issy, Musée Français de la carte à jouer, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 11 May-14 August 2022
Bibliography
A. Duncan & G. de Bartha, Glass by Gallé, 1984, Thames & Hudson Limited, London, ill. page 58
Wood One Museum of Art, 2005, catalogue n. 63, ill. p. 64 (neck cut down)
The Paris Salons, vol. IV, ill. page 224
Provenance
Identical pitcher at the Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy and at the Danish Museum of Art & Design in Copenhagen
Similar model at the Roger Marx Sales, Paris, 13th may 1914, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, “Les Algues” n. 97 in the catalogue, ill. p. 17
The drawing of this piece with annotations by hand by Gallé is illustrated page 187 of the catalogue of the “Emile Gallé” exhibition presented in six Japanese museums in 2000-2001
EMILE GALLE – “AUX CAMPANULES” NEST OF FOUR OCCASIONAL TABLES, CIRCA 1900
“AUX CAMPANULES” NEST OF FOUR OCCASIONAL TABLES, CIRCA 1900
Graduated in size, sculpted wood, the tops inlaid in various woods, including rosewood, with magnolia, daisies and other flowers and leaves
Each signed Gallé
The largest: 75 cm. high; 70.5 cm. wide; 42 cm. deep
Bibliography
A table with the same sculpted decor is illustrated in: Gallé furniture, Antique collectors club, 2012,
p. 174
EMILE GALLE – VERY RARE BOWL, CIRCA 1925
VERY RARE BOWL, CIRCA 1925
Decorated with engraved lotus leaves and fish
Signed
39 cm in diameter
EMILE GALLE – “CAVALIER PERSAN” BEAKER, DESIGNED CIRCA 1889
“CAVALIER PERSAN” BEAKER, DESIGNED CIRCA 1889
Glass, decorated with a Persian horse rider, in polychrome enamel on a background engraved with stylized and geometrical flowers and partly highlighted in gold, inclusion of shattered gold foils
Signed E. Gallé Nancy under its base
10 cm. high
Bibliography
Bernd Hakenjos, Emile Gallé, Keramik, Glas und Möbel des Art Nouveau, Hirmer, ill. p. 80
EMILE GALLE – “PAVOT” VASE, CIRCA 1900
“PAVOT” VASE, CIRCA 1900
Flattened baluster vase, milky white glass overlaid in purple, decorated with poppies acid-etched and fire-polished
Signed
20 cm. high; 13.5 cm in diameter
EMILE GALLE – VASE, CIRCA 1900
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Small pear-shaped vase, clear glass overlaid with black and with platinum foil, acid-etched and entirely wheel-carved, hammered body
Signed in wheel-carved cameo
8.5 cm. high
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Henri Flammarion
EMILE GALLE – RARE AND IMPORTANT CABINET, CIRCA 1900
RARE AND IMPORTANT CABINET, CIRCA 1900
Exotic marquetry inlaid wood, decorated with dragonflies and flowers, the front adorned with a dragonfly in relief
Signed
137 cm. high; 83 cm. wide; 44 cm. deep
Bibliography
Alastar Duncan, Georges de Bartha, Gallé Furniture, Antique Collectors’ club, 2012, ill. p. 292