
Émile Gallé Monumental peony vase, 1925-1936
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Shannon Brunette
Associate Specialist
Émile Gallé
Cameo glass.
61 cm high
Signed in cameo Gallé.
Footnotes
Provenance
Crafoord Auktioner, Lund, 'The Collection of Gustaf Lofberg', 25 April 2009, lot 286
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Alastair Duncan, Glass by Gallé, London, 1984, p. 192 for similar pattern
Bonhams wishes to thank Samuel Provost for his assistance cataloguing the present lot.
Gustaf Lofberg began his career as an office boy at a timber company in Vaxjo and later worked for both the Kosta and Rejmyre Glassworks. In May 1898 he opened his retail business in Malmo selling glass, porcelain and crystal. He later became the general agent for Gallé in Scandinavia. When in the 1930s interest in Art Nouveau decreased his remaining stock of Gallé was stored until its discovery in late 2008.