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Francois-Emile Decorchement French Art Deco “Bleu” pâte-de-crystal vase 1926
FRANÇOIS-EMILE DECORCHEMENT (1880-1971) France
“Bleu” pâte-de-crystal vase c. 1926
Cobalt blue pâte-de-crystal (lost wax cast crystal) with mauve inclusions, two low-relief friezes of varying abstract vine motifs
Impressed: DECORCHEMENT in a lunette seal, numbered A 865
For more information on Decorchement see: Art Deco, Victor Arwas (New York: Harry N. Abrams,1980) pp. 268-69, 298.
H: 4 1/2″ x Dia: 4 3/4″
Decorchement, Francois Emile. (1880-1970) He set up a glass house in Conches in 1902 producing exquisite pate-de-verre, statuettes, bowls and vases. He extended this range to encompass a rougher hewn surface with motifs of flowers and sometimes insects. His designs became increasingly abstract during the 1930s toward the outbreak of the Second World War; these were often executed in pate-de-cristal. Later the production continued although in a more restrained manner with softer semi-opaque and translucent colors.
Francois-Emile Decorchement French Art Deco “Bleu” pâte-de-crystal vase 1926
D.I.M. [Decoration Intérieure Moderne] France
Rene Joubert, Philippe Petit [designers]
Lounge chair circa 1930.
Primavera wood with Backhausen fabric designed by Robert Oerley
For more information see: Le Mobilier du XXe Siècle, Pierre Kjellberg (Paris: Editions de l’Amateur, 1994), pp. 165-7.
Fabric illustrated: Art Nouveau Textil-Dekor um 1900, Ruth Grönwoldt (Stuttgart: Württembergisches Landesmuseum, 1980) p 182-183.
H: 29” x W: 28” x D: 28”