Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904) - Lot 187

Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904) Tulip Proof in multi-layered violet and brown glass on a purplish-pink ground, heat-glued to a tubular base in white and light-green glass (a few bubbles have burst in the decoration). Signed in the decoration. H. 31 cm Provenance : Presented by Émile Gallé to his personal physician Dr. Ganzineti ; by descent, Melle Lesperlette collection; sold by the latter to the current owner's father. History: Oral tradition has it that three Tulips were made for the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. A similar piece with a crocus body was sold at Arcole in Paris on June 2, 1989, lot no. 60 from the collection of a former collaborator of Émile Gallé. Bibliography: Alastair Duncan & Georges de Bartha, Gallé Furniture, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 2012, p. 86 for an in situ view of the 1909 Exhibition at the Musée de Nancy, where a slightly similar tulip can be seen on the table.