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Galle lamps
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Galle lamps
AUTHOR:
Duncan, Alastair, 1942-
De Bartha, Georges
ISBN:
9781851496716
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Woodbridge, Suffolk : Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., c2014
PHYSICAL_DESC:
239 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references (P. 235-237) and index
ABSTRACT:
Although renowned for his work as a verrier, lamps did not form a significant part of Galle's repertoire in glass until immediately prior to 1900. Indeed, only in the last few years of his life does it appear that he realised the full aesthetic potential of opalescent glass viewed by transmitted light. In an Art Nouveau context, Galle's creations reached their apogee between 1900 and his death in 1904, a brief period during which he adapted the shape of much of his glassware to its theme. Vases decorated with lilies became lily-shaped in a marriage of form and function. Fully-ripened gourds pendent on their vines glowed from within at the touch of a switch
SUBJECT:
Galle, Emile, 1846-1904 -- Criticism and interpretation |
Lamps -- France -- Design -- History |
Glass lampshades -- France -- Design -- History |
Decoration and ornament -- France -- Art nouveau |
BIBSUMMARY:
Although renowned for his work as a verrier, lamps did not form a significant part of Galle's repertoire in glass until immediately prior to 1900. Indeed, only in the last few years of his life does it appear that he realised the full aesthetic potential of opalescent glass viewed by transmitted light. In an Art Nouveau context, Galle's creations reached their apogee between 1900 and his death in 1904, a brief period during which he adapted the shape of much of his glassware to its theme. Vases decorated with lilies became lily-shaped in a marriage of form and function. Fully-ripened gourds pendent on their vines glowed from within at the touch of a switch