Émile Gallé Furniture
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
Émile Gallé "Chardons des Sables" Chest of Drawers
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
This "Chardons des Sables," or "Sand Thistle," multi-wood chest of drawers, by Émile Gallé, is a moving meditation on the artist's own mortality. T...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Wood
Galle Cameo Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
Galle Cameo Glass Vase
France, circa 1910
Cameo signature Gallé
Height 8 3/8 in., Width 4 7/8 in., Depth 2 3/4 in.
H 21...
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1910s French Vintage Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
Art Nouveau Commode by Émile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau marquetry commode by Émile Gallé. With original key. Circa 1890.
The syncretic influence of Japanese art is keenly felt in Gallé's commode. The beginning of Galle's fascination with Japanese art can be traced back to his friendship with Hokkai Takashima (1850-1931), a fellow botanist and member of the École de Nancy. Their botanical dialogue was facilitated by the Shokobutsu mei-i, a book of Japanese names for botanical species. It is from Hokkai that Gallé gained a spiritual and symbolic understanding of nature. Along with other École de Nancy artists, Hokkai and Gallé exhibited together in the display window of René Wiener's papeterie. The store served as the office of Wiener's arts journal, the Nancy artiste, which regularly featured on its covers contemporary examples of Gansai (Japanese watercolor), Byōbu (folding screens) from the Rinpa school, Sumi-e (ink painting), and Ukiyo-e (woodblock prints). As a show of gratitude, Hokkai bequeathed a vast art book collection to Wiener. It is from this record that we know with certainty of which Japanese artists Gallé had knowledge.
One of the books in Hokkai's collection was Hokusai's Les cent paysages du Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei.) This 1835 expansion of Hokusai's 36 views of Mount Fuji...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Wood
Antique French Asparagus Plate by Emile Galle c1880's
By Émile Gallé
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Earthenware asparagus plate, made by Emile Galle, French, about 1883
signed Emile Galle, Nancy, Depose.
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19th Century French Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Earthenware
Emile Galle Vase Paysage De Verre Gallé Nancy Art Nouveau, France, circa 1919
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Gallé Nancy Art Nouveau finest vase made in France (Nancy, Lorraine)
made circa 1919-1920
Specifications:
Stunningly manufactured casing glass (colorless glass with various lay...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Extremely Rare Nest of Emile Galle circa 1900 Specimen Wood Tables Art Nouveau
By Émile Gallé
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare Emile Galle nest of three sample wood tables
If you are looking at this listing then the chance ...
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Satinwood
Galle French Cameo Glass Cabinet Vase, Scenic
By Émile Gallé
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful French cameo piece featuring Islands and Palms.
Signed "Galle."
Measures: 3.63" H x 4" W.
Mint condition.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Exquisite Émile Gallé Table Lamp
By Émile Gallé
Located in Kingston, NY
This exquisite Émile Gallé table lamp is engraved "Calthas Marsh." It features a chiseled gilt bronze base with stylized leaf motif with a frosted co...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Émile Gallé Furniture
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Bronze
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 Furniture
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Art 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 Furniture
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Art Glass
Art Nouveau glass table lamp by Émile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
Art Nouveau glass table lamp by Émile Gallé
French, c. 1900
Height 58cm, diameter 22cm
This striking Art Nouveau lamp is by one of the style’s le...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
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 Furniture
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Art Glass
Unusual Emile Galle Enameled Glass Goblet
By Émile Gallé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An unusual Emile Galle enameled glass goblet
Decorated with enamel decorations throughout
Excellent condition.
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Early 20th Century French Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
Emile Gallé French Art Nouveau Games Table
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau games table by Emile Galle´, featuring inlaid fruitwood marquetry depicting thistles and card suit symbols. The table's apron has a series of carved card suit sy...
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19th Century French Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Fruitwood
Glass Decanter, Galle, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
Glass decanter, Galle, circa 1900.
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Early 1900s French Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
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 Furniture
Emile Gallé Internally Decorated Wheel-Carved Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Emile Gallé internally decorated wheel-carved glass vase
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
An exquisite and rare internally decorated, wheel carved and fire polished Galle Glass Vase, the c...
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Early 1900s Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
'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 Furniture
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 Furniture
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Glass
Pair of 19th Century Galle Faience Lion Candleholder with Silver Candelabra
By Émile Gallé
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of signed Emile Galle (French, 1846-1904) rampant lion faience candleholders
Heraldic lion holding a castle tower in rampart also holding silvered bronze candelabra
Signed...
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Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Bronze
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 Furniture
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Art Glass
Émile Gallé "Grenouilles" Fruitwood Cabinet
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
This French Art Nouveau "Grenouilles" carved fruitwood cabinet by Émile Gallé features detailed and masterful marquetry depicting dragonflies and mushrooms in a lush, leafy landscape...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Beech, Fruitwood
Emile Gallé French Art Nouveau Glass and Wood Footed Bowl
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau glass and wood footed bowl by Emile Galle´, featuring a multicolored pinched-sided glass bowl in yellow, purple, and green. The bowl sits atop a carved walnut fo...
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Early 20th Century French Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass, Wood
Emile Galle French Art Nouveau Walnut Floral Serving Table
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
French Art Nouveau walnut and floral inlaid serving table on scroll legs with a tray form top having open handles and filigree gallery corners with a drawer (signed EMILE GALLE)
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Walnut
French Art Nouveau Carved and Inlaid Wood Marquetry Table by Emile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in Englewood, NJ
A French Art Nouveau carved and inlaid wood marquetry "Fougére" table by Emile Gallé with carved wood fern decorated legs with further inlaid various exotic wood marquetry landscap...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Wood
Emile Galle Soufflé Vase Gallé Nancy Art Nouveau Wild Rose France c.1925
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
GORGEOUS AS WELL AS MOST REMARKABLE GALLÉ NANCY ART NOUVEAU SOUFFLÉ GLASS VASE : Made in France / Nancy, Lorraine, circa 1925.
DETAILED INFORMATIONS:
A WILD-ROSE MOLD-BLOWN, ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Pair of French Porcelain Lions Holding Wrought Iron Candelabras
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Victorian (19th Century) large porcelain lion figures holding wrought iron candelabras (signed by EMILE GALLE "Emile a Nancy"/Prov: Estat...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Wrought Iron
Signed Galle, Etched Art Glass Vase with Burgundy Flowers
By Émile Gallé
Located in Jupiter, FL
This is truly a beautiful vase,signed by Galle elegant and heavy and weight, smooth to the touch, but the roses are etched onto the glass, has an extraordinary feel in the colors of ...
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20th Century American Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
Early 20th Century French Cameo Glass "Banjo Mountain Vase" by Emile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
An excellent late 19th Century French cameo glass vase of banjo form etched and enamelled with a lake landscape against a mountainous backdrop on a variegating yellow & cream field. ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Emile Galle Cameo Glass Windowpane Floral Art Nouveau Vase to Lamp Vessel
By Émile Gallé
Located in West Hartford, CT
This exquisite piece of art is a signed Emile Galle cameo glass windowpane floral Art Nouveau vase that looks like it has been transformed to a table lamp, although we are unclear wh...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
ÉMILE GALLÉ Vase, circa 1900 overlaid cameo glass red cyclamen flowers
By Émile Gallé
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
An attractive late 19th Century cameo glass vase of low but wide form cut with decorative red cyclamen flowers against a warm yellow background with excellent hand finished detail an...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Cut Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Emile Gallé Art Nouveau Marquetry Nest of Four Tables, ca. 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Petaluma, CA
These fabulous art nouveau period tables were made by the noted French artist Emile Gallé. Known for his beautiful glass works and his furniture, his commitment to quality is easy ...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Wood
An Emile Galle Twenty Four Inch Cameo Glass Floor Vase c1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : An Emile Galle Cameo Glass Floor Vase
Date : 1898-1904
Origin : nancy, France
Bowl Features : Four colour cameo, plum, blackberry, rose and white on a clear frosted ground....
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
Cameo Glass Lamp By Émile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Émile Gallé is one of the most highly regarded names in French glassmaking, and his cameo lamps are among his most coveted creations. Delicately etched with a motif of blossoms and l...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass
Camio Glass Vase by Emile Galle, 1846-1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Fairfax, VA
Art glass blown molded art glass vase flora design acid-etched, fire-polished with wheel by Emile Galle.
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Art Glass
Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Vase With Floral Decoration, Nancy, Around 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Madrid, ES
Émile Gallé Art Nouveau vase with floral decoration,
Nancy, around 1900
Material: cased glass, signature: Gallé (engraved),
height: 45 cm,
condi...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Émile Gallé Furniture
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Glass
Emile Galle, A Rare & Important Ormolu-Mounted Double Carp Fish Pink-Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
A rare and important French "Japonsime" Emile Galle Ormolu-Mounted Double Carp Fish Pink-Glass vase, circa 1879, retailed by L'Escalier De Cristal, Paris
...
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19th Century French Japonisme Antique Émile Gallé Furniture
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Enamel, Ormolu
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Emile Gallé furniture 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 furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture 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 furniture by Georges De Feure, Clement Massier, and Jerome Massier. Prices for Emile Gallé furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $355 and can go as high as $145,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,890.
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