96 - Emile GALLE (1846–1904)

Emile GALLE (1846–1904) "The Peace Pipe" Model exhibited in the "Les Granges" display case at the 1900 World’s Fair. A rare and significant two-part, conical vase with a multilobed neck made of multilayered glass and a circular base. The design features intaglio-engraved orange tobacco flowers on a pinkish-white background, partially reworked with a wheel to evoke smoke. It features a large tobacco leaf made of brown-tinted glass, hot-applied and composed of a scattered silver flake pattern. The circular base, made of amber-tinted glass, features an acid-etched design of blooming tobacco flowers, along with the title of the work and a verse by Charles Baudelaire: “The Peace Pipe, and slowly the divine smoke rose into the gentle morning air, undulating, fragrant—Baudelaire” Signed and dated “Gallé 1900.” H: 82 cm (Restoration to the lower part of the vase is not visible when inserted into the base) A rare “Calumet de la Paix” (“Peace Pipe”) multilayer glass vase, displayed in his “Les Granges” showcase at the 1900 World’s Fair. It consists of two parts (body and base) with an etched design of orange tobacco flowers on a pinkish-white background, partially outlined with a wheel to evoke smoke. It is adorned with a large brown-tinted glass tobacco leaf, hot-applied onto shattered silver foil. The base features a design of tobacco flowers and is engraved with the title of the work and a verse by Charles Baudelaire: “Le calumet de Paix, et lentement montait la divine fumée dans l’air doux du matin, onduleuse, embaumée Baudelaire” (“The peace pipe, and slowly rose the divine smoke in the sweet morning air, undulating, fragrant (Baudelaire).” Signed and dated “Gallé 1900.” H: 32.28 inches (restored at the base; not visible when inserted into the foot) Bibliography: - “Gallé’s Lines: European and Russian Multilayered Colored Glass of the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries in Russian Museum Collections,” Vladimir Potanin Foundation, 2013, photograph of the piece in the “Les Granges” display case at the 1900 World’s Fair, page 114 - Alastair Duncan: “Gallé Furniture,” Antique Collectors Club, 2012, photograph of the piece in the “Les Granges” display case at the 1900 World’s Fair, page 58. - “Emile Gallé and Glass: The Collection of the Musée de l’École de Nancy,” Somogy Editions d’Art, Paris, 2004, a variant of the vase (with a wooden base and straight neck) reproduced on page 165 under number 284. - Françoise-Thérèse Charpentier & Philippe Thiébaut: “Gallé,” Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1985, photograph of the piece in the “Les Granges” display case at the 1900 World’s Fair, page 54.