GALLE Emile (1846-1904)

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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

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EMILE GALLE – “OMBELLES” CHAIRS, CIRCA 1900

“OMBELLES” CHAIRS, CIRCA 1900
Pair of carved walnut chairs
Signed
95 x 47 x 43.3 cm

Bibliography
A. Duncan, Art Nouveau furniture, p. 258, pl. 1.
Philippe Garner, Emile Gallé, 1976, p. 23-24, p. 89
Ministère de la Culture – Edition de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Gallé, 1985, pp. 279-280
Bernd Hakenjos, Emile Gallé, catalog, vol. II, p. 174, n. 329

Provenance
Private collection Belgium

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EMILE GALLE – “LES ROCHERS DANS LA MER” VASE, CIRCA 1900

“LES ROCHERS DANS LA MER” VASE, CIRCA 1900
Outstanding vase in multilayered glass with marine landscape decor
Original bronze base cast with butterflies
Engraved signature
54 cm. high

Bibliography
Janine Bloch-Dermant, L’Art du verre en France 1860-1914, Edita-Denoël, 1974, ill. p. 62

Provenance
Private collection, Italy

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EMILE GALLE – “LA BERCE DES PRES” CABINET, CIRCA 1900

“LA BERCE DES PRES” CABINET, CIRCA 1900
Carved and moulded walnut with vegetal motifs, featuring a marquetry background with cut-out meadow hogweed, marsh irises, and dragonflies. The upper section is decorated with carved umbels
242 × 118 × 54 cm.

Exhibition
Exhibition of the École de Nancy, Paris, 1903
Similar model: Musée de l’École de Nancy (Bequest of Miss Pittet)

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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

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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)

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EMILE GALLE – VASE “CYCLAMENS”, 1898-1900

VASE “CYCLAMENS”, 1898-1900
Flattened glass with intercalary inclusions, decor in marquetry finely wheel carved
Signed
22 cm. high

Bibliography
Richard Dennis, The Glass of Emile Gallé, Antiques International, London 1967, p. 189, pl. 17

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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

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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

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EMILE GALLE – “BERCE DES PRES” LADIES DESK, CIRCA 1900

“BERCE DES PRES” LADIES DESK, CIRCA 1900
Variation of “Les Ombellules” desk exhibited at the Exposition Universelle of 1900
Exotic marquetry inlaid wood, with botanical decor
With its key in gilt bronze
Signed GALLE

Bearing a paper label from the 1950/1960s on which can be read “N°7399 – Salle des Ventes – Santé
Frères et Cie – Pau » with the lot number, its description, the name of the buyer and the price
(the company Santé Frères et Cie put an end to its public sales in 1970)
157 cm. high ; 77 cm. wide ; 55 cm. deep

Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900. A design, which can be compared to our desk, titled “Les Ombellules” by Emile Gallé himself in a publication at the time, was shown by the artist during the event.

Musée d’Orsay, Paris. A “Les Ombellules” desk, comparable to ours, is in the collection of the Musée d’Orsay (inventory OAO 1467 coming from the Rispal donation)

Provenance
This desk was acquired by the former owner at a public auction in the 1950/1960s from the Salle des Ventes Santé Frères et Cie, rue Emile Garet in Pau. This company, which started out with public auction sales, simultaneously as a transporter, right after the post-war years, enrolled a notary or a court bailiff, but lost the office in 1970 when the French government appointed a ministerial officer as an auctioneer in Pau.

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EMILE GALLE – VERY RARE STORAGE CABINET, CIRCA 1897

VERY RARE STORAGE CABINET, CIRCA 1897
Marquetry panels decorated with irises
Rounded shape and shelves on the side, four drawers, handles in bronze
With its key
Signed in marquetry on a leaf at the bottom to the right
130 cm. high; 80 cm. wide; 35 cm. deep

Early Gallé work, never seen on the market
Not recorded in major contemporary books on Gallé

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EMILE GALLE – VASE, CIRCA 1889

VASE, CIRCA 1889
Polychrome “cristallerie” glass decorated with enamelled water lilies, aquatic flowers, stems,
and three dragonflies; original bronze base decorated with four snails
Enamelled signature in Japanese style
17 cm. high

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EMILE GALLE – “LES OMBELLIFERES” DISPLAY CABINET, CIRCA 1900

 “LES OMBELLIFERES” DISPLAY CABINET, CIRCA 1900
Carved and moulded walnut
The interior has shaped shelves with naturalistic supports, and a back panel with an umbel motif in marquetry using different woods. The side panels and the glazed door, decorated with umbellifers and a butterfly in flight, are also in marquetry
Signed GALLÉ in marquetry
Height: 150 cm
Width: 63 cm
Depth: 43 cm