Lot 26
  • 26

François-Emile Décorchemont, 1880 - 1971

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description

  • François-Emile Décorchemont
  • Grand vase frise crosses, 1924-1925
  • Signé du cachet circulaire de l'artiste et numéroté à la pointe sous la base A92

    'Grand Vase frise crosses', a  pâte-de-verre vase by François-Emile Décorchemont, circa 1924-1925. Signed and numbered
  • Hauteur : 24,5 cm (9 3/4 in.)
en pâte de verre bleue

Exhibited

Modèle exposé à la Galerie Rouard en 1926

Literature

Roberto Papini, Le Arti d'Oggi Architettura E Arti Decorative in Europa, éd. Casa Editrice d'Arte  Bestetti e Tummionelli, 1930, pl. CCCXXXII, fig. 617
Véronique Ayroles, François Décorchemont Maître de la pâte de verre, éd. Norma, Paris, 2006, pp. 108, 128-129 et 263, modèle numéro 245


Seuls quatre exemplaires du modèle 245 ont été réalisés entre 1924 et 1925

Condition

Bon état général. Quelques fels de cuisson résutant de la cuisson, quelques bulles de cuisson ont éclaté sur l'intérieur et certaines meulées. Le talon meulé en dessous de la signature ainsi que l'intérieur du vase près du col. Good overal condition. A few cracks resulting from the manufacturing process are visible. Some bubles have blown up in the inner part and a few have been gounded down. The foot has been gounded down close to the signature and the inner side of the vase close to the top.
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