Émile Gallé Vases
French, 1846-1904
“Art for art’s sake” was a belief strongly espoused by the celebrated French designer and glassworker Émile Gallé. Through his ethereal glass vases, other vessels and lamps, which he adorned with botanical and religious motifs, Gallé advanced the Art Nouveau ideology and led the modern renaissance of French glass.
Gallé was the son of successful faience and furniture maker Charles Gallé but studied philosophy and botany before coming to glassmaking later in life. The young Gallé’s expertise in botany, however, would inform his design style and become his signature for generations to come.
After learning the art of glassmaking, Gallé went to work at his father’s factory in Nancy. He initially created clear glass objects but later began to experiment with layering deeply colored glass.
While glassmakers on Murano had applied layers of glass and color on decorative objects before Gallé had, he was ever-venturesome in his northeastern France, taking advantage of defects that materialized during his processes and etching in natural forms like insects such as dragonflies, marine life, the sun, vines, fruits and flowers modeled from local specimens.
Gallé is also credited with reviving cameo glass, a glassware style that originated in Rome. He used cabochons, which were applied raised-glass decorations colored with metallic oxides and made to resemble rich jeweling. Gallé's cameo glass vases and vessels were widely popular at the Paris Exhibition of 1878, cementing his position as a talented designer and pioneer.
During the late 19th century, Gallé led breakthroughs in mass production and employed hundreds of artisans in his workshop.
Botany and nature remained great sources of inspiration for the artist's glassmaking — just as they had for other Art Nouveau designers. From approximately 1890 to 1910, the movement’s talented designers produced furniture, glass and architecture in the form of — or adorned with — gently intertwining trees, flowers and vines. But Gallé had many interests, such as Eastern art and ceramics. The Japanese collection he visited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (then the South Kensington Museum) during the 1870s had made an impression too.
Breaking free from the rigid Victorian traditions, Gallé infused new life and spirit into the art and design of his time through exquisitely crafted glass vessels and pioneering new glassworking techniques.
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Creator: Émile Gallé
Emile Gallé Glass Vase "Aristocrat" Signed Galle
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
"Aristocrat"
A rare and extremely fine Emile Gallé glass vase with applied and enameled decoration, France, circa 1890
sign...
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1890s Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Art Glass
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Vase entitled "Large Floral Vase" by Emile Galle
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
An attractive late 19th Century French cameo glass vase decorated with deep red and burgundy flowers against a variegating yellow field. Exhibiting excellent detail and colour, signe...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Émile Gallé Alpine Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exceptional in both size and artistry, this sand-polished cameo art glass vase from the famed Art Nouveau master Émile Gallé features an exceedingly rare alpine scene. The artist's l...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Vases
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Art Glass
Massive Cameo Galle Glass Vase, circa 1905
Wisteria
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
EMILE GALLE, FRENCH
A massive Cameo Glass Vase, circa 1905
'Wisteria'
23.75 in. (60.9 cm.) high
signed in cameo (with a star) Galle
Provenance
Sotheby's
December 18, 2003
Emi...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Silver Mounting, Nancy, France 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Bulbous shoulder vase on a flush stand, short neck piece of colourless glass with white powder meltings, overlay in blue-violet and green, meadow flower decoration etched in various stages, matt etched inside and outside, Cameo signature 'Gallé' with star on the wall between the plants.. Mounted with later silver mouth in a smooth, slightly flared design, decorated on the outside with two sculptural branch and cone bundles. Silver mount hallmarked 'Minerve casquée' for 950 silver, France, and master's mark.
Hand-made Cameo Glass:
Glass overlaid with several layers, with high-cut worked out motifs. Since the middle of the 19th century, the design has also been done by etching. Cameo glass vessels were already being made in antiquity; at the end of the 19th century, Émile Gallé further developed this glass art, created Art Nouveau designs and employed a large factory in Nancy...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Fine Wheel-Cut and Fire-Polished Cameo Glass Vase,
Flowers
, Signed Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Gallé, French (1846-1904)
A fine wheel-cut and fire-polished cameo glass vase, 'Flowers', circa 1900
Measures: 6.5 in. (16.5 cm.) diameter
Signed in cameo Gallé
Emile Ga...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase, Umbellifers Decor, France, circa 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Vase with a large, round stand, widening like a bulge and then conically narrowing to a narrow opening with a flared rim, colorless glass with pink and light green colored powder inc...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Floral Decoration Cameo Bulb Glass Vase, France 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Emile Gallé, arguably the greatest master of Art Nouveau, was born in Nancy, France, on May 4, 1846 to Charles Gallé and Fanny Reinemer.
This bulb-shaped glass vase with cameo floral...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Vases
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Art Glass
Dahlia
Fire-Polished Cameo Glass Vase, Signed by Emile Gallé, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Gallé, French (1846-1904)
A very fine internally decorated fire-polished cameo glass vase with applied decoration, 'Dahlia', circa 1900
13.25 in. (33.6 cm.) high
signed Gall...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Vases
Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase Flower and Leaf Decor France circa 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Tubular vase body with loaf-shaped, flush stand, colorless glass with flaky white and green color powder inclusions, overlay in dark green, in various sta...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Pichet Saint Clément Coq en majolique Française, design Art Nouveau 19ième
By Émile Gallé, Saint-Clément
Located in London, England
Le pichet en barbotine de Saint Clément, conçu par les talentueux Émile et Charles Gallé, représente une pièce maîtresse de l'art nouveau. Avec son décor inspiré de la faune et de la...
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Mid-20th Century European Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Vases
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Ceramic, Faience
$221 Sale Price
31% Off
Emile Galle Cameo Glass Vase, Signed Gallé Modé Le Décor Déposés
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Gallé, FRENCH (1846-1904)
A early enameled and gilt-decorated Cameo glass vase, circa 1895
Measures: 7 in. (17.7 cm.) high
signed Gallé Modé Le Décor Déposés
Provenance
E...
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1890s Antique Émile Gallé Vases
Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase
Helianthe
, Nancy, France, circa 1898
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent, large tubular vase: in the lower area bulbous body on a separate stand, after constriction the neck is raised, slightly narrowing with a flared mouth edge, mould-blown, co...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Émile Gallé Cameo Glass Cabinet Vase, Cameo Signature Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
A Small and Fine Galle Cameo Glass Cabinet Vase
France, circa 1900
Cameo signature Gallé
Measures: Height 4 in. (101.6 m...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Art Glass
Pichet Saint Clément canard en majolique Française, design Art Nouveau 19ième
By Émile Gallé, Saint-Clément
Located in London, England
Le pichet canard de Saint Clément, en faïence barbotine, modèle 7492, est un véritable chef-d'œuvre qui illustre l'élégance et le savoir-faire des artistes Émile et Charles Gallé. Ce...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Vases
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Ceramic
$197 Sale Price
28% Off
Emile Gallé circa 1890 "Fleurs exotiques"
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Gallé, circa 1890
"Fleurs exotiques"
etched, enameled and parcel-gilt light amber cameo glass vase
inscribed to underside of base E Gallé with a blossom
Size: 17.75 in. (45...
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20th Century Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Daffodil Decor, France, Ca 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Baluster-shaped vase body on a slightly flared, flush base with a bulbous, upwardly widening wall, on gently sloping shoulders a constriction to form a short neck piece with a slight...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Galle Etched Sunflower Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Galle Etched, carved, fire-polished and applied cameo glass "sunflower" vase
Circa 1900. Signed in cameo GALLE.
Measure: Height 4 3/4 inches.
Provenance: A Long Island Coll...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
$13,500
Cameo Glass Vase by Émile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exceptional in both size and artistry, this cameo art glass vase is the work of the famed Art Nouveau master Émile Gallé, one of the most highly regarded names in French glassmaking....
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Enameled Cameo Glass Vase by Emile Gallé, Signed
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Gallé, French (1846-1904).
A early enameled and gilt-decorated Cameo Glass Vase, circa 1895.
Measures: 7 in. (17.7 cm.) high.
signed Gallé Modé Le Décor Déposés.
Provenance...
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1890s Antique Émile Gallé Vases
Gallé Art Nouveau Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This remarkable acid-etched vase is the work of the famed Art Nouveau master Émile Gallé, one of the most highly regarded names in French glassmaking. The artist's love of nature is ...
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
$15,850
Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase, Ash-Maple Decor, France, Circa 1910
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Large vase on a round stand, widening like a bulge and then narrowing to a slightly conical, long, wide neck, opening with slightly flared mouth rim, colourless glass with orange-bro...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Art Nouveau Flacon Shape Vase with Clematis Decor, Émile Gallé, France 1903/04
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Vase in the form of a flacon: slightly bulged body, tapering towards the top, narrow opening, widening to the flared rim of the mouth. The area close to the floor is completely cover...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
$2,105 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase, Umbellifers Decor, France, circa 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Large baluster-shaped vase with a large, round base, conically narrowing to a tubular vase body with a wide beaded ring just below the narrow opening with...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Fine Double over Laid Galle Cameo Glass Vase Signed Émile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
A fine double over laid Galle cameo glass vase
France, circa 1900
Cameo signature Gallé
Measures: Height 5 1/4 in. (133.35 mm.)
Width 4 1/2 in. (114.3 mm...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Art Glass
French Art Nouveau Emile Galle
Intaglio
Cameo Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Rare and interesting early Emile Galle cameo vase, c14 inches tall, decorated with 1908 chrysanthemum series probably the "sur café au lait" version,...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Art Glass
Cameo Glass Vase Fuchsia Flower, Emile Galle, Holiday Gift Idea
By Émile Gallé
Located in Lisbon, PT
An Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo vase, in a yellow background and brown inlaid details aquatic vegetation and autumn tonality.
Represent a magnificent Fuschia Flower in all glory a...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Vases
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Art Glass
$3,238 Sale Price
20% Off
Set Of 4 Art Nouveau Glass Vases By Gallé, 20th Century
By Émile Gallé
Located in Lisbon, PT
- Impressive Art Nouveau Emile Galle Cameo landscape vase, in a yellow background and brown inlaid details aquatic vegetation and autumn tonality.
Represent a magnificent Fuschia Fl...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass, Art Glass
$10,709 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Monumental Emile Galle French Cameo Sailboat Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
Emile Galle (French 1846-1904)
A lovely two color cameo vase with a yellow background featuring a lake scene with boats, trees and birds. The detail and fineness of the acid etchi...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Art Glass
Exceptionally Rare Emile Galle Cased Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Miami, FL
Emile Galle, Nancy. Vase, 1920s. Measures: H. 26 cm. Cased glass, clear, amber and opal white. A unique French overlay technique is used in this extremely rare and limited series wit...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Émile Gallé Vases
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Art Glass
Galle Cameo Art Glass Landscape Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique signed Galle vase was made in France in approximately 1900 in the period Art Nouveau style. The vase in done in multiple layers of color...
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Cameo Glass Vase Green Fern by Emile Galle, 20th Century, Holiday Gift Idea
By Émile Gallé
Located in Lisbon, PT
An acid etched vase decorated with green ferns against the opaque yellow background.
The cameo glass uses two colors layered, so that the color of the layer underneath becomes vis...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Vases
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Art Glass
$4,205 Sale Price
20% Off
Emile Galle, Rare
Chrysanthemes vase
c 1900, Etched Glass, Signed
By Émile Gallé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an early glass vase my the well known French artist Emile Galle, made in the late 19 and early 20th century most like it in Nancy, France. We found an other sample of this wo...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Art Glass
Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase, Iris And Lily Pond, France, ca. 1906
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Slender baluster-shaped vase body on a separate base, widening conically towards the top and then narrowing again to form a slender neck with a flared mouth rim, colorless glass with...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Emile Gallé - Vase Jardiniere Epis De Ble Wheat Ears Amberred Enameled Glass
By Émile Gallé
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase Jardiniere "Epis de Blé" (Wheat Ears) made in amberred acid-etched glass with enameled design.
Acid-etched signature.
Perfect condition. Very rare and very interesting shape.
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1880s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Enamel
ÉMILE GALLÉ
Iris
Vase, circa 1900 overlaid cameo and fire polished glass
By Émile Gallé
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
ÉMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904)
Rare and important 'Iris' Vase, circa 1900
Overlaid cameo and fire polished glass, well documented in books and exhibitions
Signed in cameo Gallé.
Measuremen...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Vases
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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
Enameled and Gilt Glass Galle Cameo Glass Vase Cameo Signature Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
A large and fine enameled and gilt glass Galle cameo glass vase, France, circa 1890
Measures: Height 18 in. (457.2 mm), width 6 1/4 in. (158.75 mm)
Cameo s...
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1890s Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Art Glass
Acid-Etched Enameled and Applied Galle Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
An Acid-Etched Enameled and applied Galle Glass Vase,
France, circa 1884-1889
etched mark and text 'Cristallerie de Gallé Nan...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Single Flower Vase With Poppy Decor, France, Circa 1890
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Solitary vase in the shape of a drop: bulbous body on a round, stepped base, narrowing as it rises and widening again to a bulging expansion to form a long, slender neck, widening ag...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Émile Gallé, circa 1890
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904),
circa 1890
The enamel decorated bulbous body with an out-turned rim of translucent to cloudy marine blue, decorated with floral s...
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1890s Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
$7,500
Sunflowers, by Emile Gallé, Signed, Provenance Sotheby
s New York
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Gallé, French (1846-1904).
A very fine internally decorated fire-polished cameo glass vase with applied decoration, 'Sunflowers', circa 1900.
Measures: 13.75 in. (34.9 cm.) h...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Art Glass
Émile GALLÉ for L
ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, Small Japanese-Style Vase in Amber Glass
By Émile Gallé
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This vase was created by Émile Gallé for the Escalier de Cristal at the end of the 19th century.
A pioneering figure of Art Nouveau, Émile Gallé was particularly influenced by Far E...
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Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass, Art Glass
Gallé Art Nouveau Early Vase Galle Fire Polished France Nancy Made, circa 1890
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau rare fire polished bellied vase by Gallé
Manufactory: Émile Gallé / France, Nancy, Lorraine, made circa 1890
Technique of manufacture: Fire polished glass & etched ...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Vases
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Glass
Early Galle Cameo Glass Stemmed Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
An early Galle Cameo glass stemmed vase
France, circa 1910
Gilt signature E Gallé Nancy
Measures: Height 5 1/2 in. (13.97 cm.),...
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1910s Vintage Émile Gallé Vases
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Art Glass
Emile Gallé vases for sale on 1stDibs.
Emile Gallé vases are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Emile Gallé vases, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original vases by Emile Gallé were created in the Art Nouveau style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider vases by Clement Massier, Muller Frères, and Edmond Lachenal. Prices for Emile Gallé vases can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $440 and can go as high as $145,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,783.
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- What is a Galle vase?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022French artist Emile Galle was well known for his glasswork, especially his Galle vases. These vases featured swirling colors with flowers or leaves as an accent. Galle was born in 1846 and died in 1904, and his works are considered to be a significant influence in the Art Nouveau movement. On 1stDibs, find a variety of original artwork from top artists.
- What is a cameo vase?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022A cameo vase is a decorative glass vase that features a design in raised relief achieved by engraving, etching and carving. The earliest examples date back to ancient Roman times, and the decorative objects experienced a revival during the Art Nouveau and Neo-Grec periods. On 1stDibs, find a range of cameo vases.
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