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1904	Work on this object ended.
1996	We acquired this object.
2012	We photographed this object.
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lavender Vase

This is a vase. It was designed by Emile Gallé and manufactured by Gallé. It is dated late 19th–early 20th century and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Estate of Max Kobre. It is credited Gift of the Estate of Max Kobre.

An illustrated title page for 'Les Fleurs Animées', written in fanciful flower and leaf forms. 'Les Fleurs' grows out in pale multicolor flower-forms from a slender, arched stem, filling the upper third of the page. 'Animées' is written with a ribbonlike, yellow-orange and pink vine held up by a woman standing below the floral lettering. She wears a pale green leaf dress with white and pale pink flower ornaments. One leg is extended behind her; her other tiptoe foot stands on a broad, pale green leaf inscribed with the names of the contributors to the book, written in an assortment of fanciful lettering: 'Dessins par J.I. Grandville Graves sur acier par C. Geoffroi Introductions par Alph. Karr. Texte par Taxile Delord. Botanique et horticulture des dames par le Cte. Fœlix'. A pale blue riddon tied to the base of the stem at left gives more information: 'G. de Gonet Edit. Rue des Beaux Arts'. Two brown beetles, one wearing a pink flower as a cap, climb up the stem of the flower. A multicolor butterfly and insect hover over the flower letters. The delicate lines are hatched and crosshatched to create shading; a dense crosshatched area behind this scene creates depth.

Les Fleurs Animees, Vol. 1
H x W (book open): 27 × 36 cm (10 5/8 × 14 3/16 in.).
Smithsonian Libraries, NC248 .G7F6 1847.
139.2018.12

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 11 x 7 cm (4 5/16 x 2 3/4 in.)

Cite this object as

lavender Vase; Designed by Emile Gallé (French, 1846–1904); Manufactured by Gallé (France); France; glass; H x diam.: 11 x 7 cm (4 5/16 x 2 3/4 in.); Gift of the Estate of Max Kobre; 1996-45-14

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DB5H/
Accession Number 1996-45-14
Object ID 18653653