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Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Chameleon Vide Poche
Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Chameleon Vide Poche

Manufacturer Amalric Walter (French, 1870 - 1959)
Designer Henri Berge (French, 1870-1937)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1920
MediumPâte de verre
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/16 x 10 x 3 in. (7.8 x 25.4 x 7.6 cm)
Base: 7 15/16 x 2 1/4 in. (20.2 x 5.7 cm)
InscribedMark: "AWALTER/NANCY" incised near the pointed end and "BERGÉ SC" near the chameleon end.
Credit LineGift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Object number71.6523
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-8, Case 47
DescriptionVide Poche; pate de verre; boat or curved leaf shape with dark green lizard perched on one end. "Tray" part shade of green with greener leaves and red berries. Chameleon.

Label TextHenri Berge French, 1870—1937 Amalric Walter French, 1870—1959 Chameleon Vide Poche, ca. 1920 Pâte de verre Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler 71.6523 Exhibition History"Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations," Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Village, Millville, N.J., April 1 - December 31, 2005. Published ReferencesN. Daum, _La Pâte de Verre_, ill. 127. Nancy O. Merrill, _A Concise History of Glass Represented in the Chrysler Museum Glass Collection_ (Norfolk, Va.: The Chrysler Museum, 1989), 80, 198, no. 111. Susanne K. Frantz, with introductory essay by Jean-Luc Olivié, _Particle Theories: International Pâte de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations_, exh. cat., Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village, Millville, N.J., 2005, 21, fig. 22. Type citation: Christie's, _Art Nouveau and Art Deco_ Sale AND-5715, auction cat., London, England, October 4, 2005, 13, cat. no. 42.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Daum Frères
ca. 1909
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Daum Frères
ca. 1910
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Amalric Walter
Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Amalric Walter
ca. 1920
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Amalric Walter
ca. 1920
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Amalric Walter
ca. 1922-1927
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Amalric Walter
ca. 1925
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Amalric Walter
ca. 1925-1935
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Amalric Walter
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Amalric Walter