Переплет: Hardback, 240 x 300 mm
Количество страниц: 368, illustrations: 449 colour, 271 b&w
Год издания: 2012
Язык: English
Included for the first time in one volume are all
Galle's major works of furniture, both those he designed as unique
pieces for an exclusive clientele and those he displayed at two World
Expositions and at the annual Paris Salons between 1889 and his untimely
death in 1904
Emille Gallé was one of the great names of the Art Nouveau movement in
France, and founder of the famous École de Nancy. A polymath and
committed social activist, he was best known for his glasswork and
faience. Furniture became his third discipline after experimenting with
the manufacture of wooden bases on which he could mount his glass vases.
Following the French tradition of furniture decoration known as
marqueterie, his work is characterised by its meticulous decorative
veneers, stained with subtle organic dyes; and panels inlaid with
stunningly intricate country scenes and flowers.
This important book outlines all of Galle's major works of furniture,
from the pieces uniques that were designed for an exclusive clientele,
to those displayed between 1889 and 1904 at the annual Paris Salons and
two World Expositions. The recent emergence of many of his objets de
luxe enables the reader to understand many of his pieces for the first
time.
Written by Decorative Arts specialist Alastair Duncan, Gallé Furniture
documents the history of Gallé's furniture production from his
favourite motifs to the ways in which he used furniture design to
express his social and political ideals. Duncan includes an encyclopedic
range of models created in the Gallé Workshops both during and after
his lifetime. Beautifully illustrated, and containing translations of
Gallé's 'Notes to the Juries' of the World Expositions, this stunning
publication will leave the reader captivated by this remarkable
expression of the new art that changed the European aesthetic forever.
