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Gobelet Danseuses

Manufacturer François-Émile Décorchemont (French, 1880 - 1971)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1924-1925

MediumPâte de verre

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Base: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)

InscribedImpressed lower side: "DECORCHEMENT" and in the center of the polished pontil: "A-122".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6347

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-8, Case 47

DescriptionPate de verre bowl vase with a flaring rim. On a small narrow solid foot. In shades of royal blue and smoke marbleized glass. Carved wide band of nude women dancing holding long scarfs-"Dance of the Veils"?

Label TextFrançois-Émile Décorchemont French, 1880—1971 Gobelet Danseuses, ca. 1924—25 Pâte de verre Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6347 Published ReferencesRene Chavance, LES PATES DE VERRE DE DECORCHEMENT, March 1926, ill. Y. Brunhammer, ART DECO STYLE, pg. 108, 146-147. Noel Daum, LA PATE DE VERRE, (Editions Denoel: Paris, 1984), ill. 140. Véronique Ayroles, _François Décorchemont: MaÎtre de la pâte de verre 1880-1971_ (Paris, France: Norma Èditions, 2006) pp. 237 fig. 40 & 44, 243 fig. 90, 248, 251 fig. 146, 264 fig. 250, 283 fig. 404, 284 fig. 412, 287 fig. 437, 299 fig. 530, 300 fig. 538. ISBN: 2-915542-02-3