New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Plaque

Manufacturer Amalric Walter (French, 1870 - 1959)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1920

MediumPâte de verre

DimensionsThickness: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Overall: 8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.6 x 15.2 cm)

InscribedImpressed lower right side: "AWALTER Nancy" and possible initials of the sculptor on the other side illegible.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6463

On View

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

Label TextHEAD "REVERIE" Amalric Walter, Nancy, France Ca. 1920 Pate de verre Mark: incised on lower right side A WALTER NANCY Initials on lower left illegible. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6463Published ReferencesNoel Daum, LA PATE DE VERRE, (Editions Denoel: Paris, 1984), ill. 201. Paul Hollister, "Pate de Verre: The French Connection," AMERICAN CRAFT, 48:4, Aug/Sept. 1988, pp. 40-47, ill. pg. 41. Christie's GENEVA AUCTION CATALOG, 11/10/85, ill. pg. 124, similar plaque in 1910 photo of Exposition l'Hotel Galliera à Paris.