Émile Gallé Pointed Top Cameo Glass Lamp

$34,500.00
Émile Gallé Pointed Top Cameo Glass Lamp

Émile Gallé Pointed Top Cameo Glass Lamp

$34,500.00
This exquisite lamp by famed Art Nouveau master Émile Gallé illustrates why he remains one of the most highly regarded names in French glassmaking. Delicately etched with a graceful and captivating cherry blossom motif, this beautiful cameo glass lamp not only demonstrates Gallé‘s precise execution but also his love of nature and Art Nouveau design. Gallé's juxtaposition of delicate red blossoms and branches against a yellow glass backdrop gives the piece an enchanting, atmospheric air. When the lamp is illuminated, the stunning cameo glasswork casts a warm golden glow that perfectly showcases Gallé’s glass artistry.

Émile Gallé opened a small woodworker's shop in 1885, where he began experimenting with marquetry designs in furniture and naturalistic glass designs. In 1889, he displayed his new glass creations at the Paris International Exhibition, where the designs and colors not previously seen caused an immediate sensation. The new style of Art Nouveau had begun to appear, and the movement's aesthetics and devotion to nature appealed greatly to the young Gallé. In 1894 Gallé built a manufacturing plant in Nancy and began creating his own designs from inception through production. Gallé personally developed many of the designs, and he was known to actively make alterations and approve the designs of his talented team of designers and craftsmen he employed at the "Cristallerie D'Emile Gallé."

Signed "Galle"

Circa 1900

10 5/8" high by 10 1/8" diameter

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