Details
base executed by L'Escalier de Cristal, Paris
acid-etched and fire-polished cameo glass, gilt bronze
1412 in. (36.8 cm) high, 712 in. (19 cm) diameter
engraved Gallé
Literature
J. Henrivaux, "Émile Gallé", L'Art Décoratif, Paris, 1905, p. 127 (for a related example)
A. Duncan and G. de Bartha, Glass by Gallé, 1984, pp. 61, pl. 68a and 203, pl. 312 (for a related example)
Emile Gallé: Meditation of the Fin de Siècle, exh. cat., Suwa, Kitazawa Museum, 1996, p. 154, no. 127 (for a related example)
Emile Gallé, Daum Frères, Muller Frères, exh. cat., Tokyo, D. Museum, 1997, p. 37, no. 25 (for a related example)
Émile Gallé et Le Verre: La Collection du Musée de L'École de Nancy, Nancy, 2004, p. 204, no. 374 (for a related example)
B. Hakenjos, Emile Gallé: Keramik, Glas und Möbel des Art Nouveau, vol. 2, Munich, 2012, p. 130 (for a related example)
A. Duncan and G. de Bartha, Gallé Lamps, Suffolk, 2014, p. 18, pl. 1.2. (for a related example)
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The Musée de L'École de Nancy has two similar lamps, not mounted in bronze, in their collection (Inv. HV 1-1 and HV 1-2).

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