Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2013.

Vase 3 Masques Antiques Lauriers

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

CultureFrench

Date1914-1914

MediumPâte de verre

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
Base: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)

InscribedImpressed within a horseshoe on side: "DECORCHEMONT".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in honor of Renée Diamonstein

Object number71.6459

On View

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

DescriptionVase of pate de verre clear translucent glass. With faint pale rainbow hues throughout. Decorated top third with three projecting bearded male masques in shades of blues. Surrounded by leaves and berries. A spray of leaves and berries trail down from each masque.

Label TextFrançois-Émile Décorchemont French, 1880–1971 Vase 3 Masques Antiques Lauriers, ca. 1919–20 Pâte de verre Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in honor of Renée Diamonstein 71.6459 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 ReferencesJanine Bloch-Dermant, _L'Art du Verre en France,1860-1914_, 193. Y. Brunhammer, _Art Deco Style_, 108, 146-147. Nancy O. Merrill, _A Concise History of Glass Represented in the Chrysler Museum Glass Collection_ (Norfolk, Va.: The Chrysler Museum, 1989), 84, 199, no. 118. 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, 17, fig. 13. 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 Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 132-133.