LA MER TABLE LAMP, CIRCA 1900

Details

EMILE GALLÉ
LA MER TABLE LAMP, CIRCA 1900
glass, free-blown, wrought-iron stem
21 in. (53 cm.) high
each shade engraved Gallé

Literature

Philippe Garner, Emile Gallé, London, 1976, p. 27 (wrought-iron armature design illustrated)
Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau, The French Aesthetic, London, 2002, p. 483 (vase illustrated displaying the same glass making technique)

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The glass shades display another example of Gallé's fascination with the subtleties of light and the ability of changing light conditions to generate different moods and effects. In this instance, as demonstrated in the catalogue illustrations, the shades emit a red glow when illuminated, alternatively when light falls on the glass they appear opaque and mottled in greens, browns and dark blues simulating aquatic foam.

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