Colorless glass with yellow and orange fusing, maroon overlay; etched and cut decoration
Nancy/France, early 20th century
Paul Nicolas (1875-1952) - French glassmaker
Signed ‘d'Argental’ with the Cross of Lorraine at the lower part of the vase
Conical shape with recessed shoulders and mouth edge
Etched and cut decoration with leaves and grapes
Height: 12 cm
Very good condition
Small and fine vase by Paul Nicolas, a pupil of Émille Gallé, in the typical École de Nancy style

Condition:

The vase is in very good condition, showing a minor chip to the underside. The height is 12 cm.

Paul Nicolas (1875-1952)

Paul Nicolas was a student of Émille Gallé and the School of Nancy. In 1919, he founded his own company. He signed first with ‘d’Argental’, and from the 1920s with ‘P. Nicolas’, sometimes he added ‘Nancy’. His first works show a clear influence of the School of Nancy, his later pieces are determined by the Art Deco period. In addition to glass works, Nicolas worked as a watercolorist and illustrator. In 2011, a retrospective was held in his honor at the Musée de l'École de Nancy.

Émile Gallé (1846-1904)

Émile Gallé began working in the ceramic and glass workshop of his father in his childhood. He went to study philosophy, zoology, botany and mineralogy in Germany. In 1874, he took over the fatherly workshop. He opened another studio in 1883 making more room for the production of faïence, glass and wood. He came to Berlin in 1885 to study the collection of Chinese glass art at the Kunstgewerbemuseum, which took substantial influence on his style. Shops of his objects opened in Paris, Frankfurt and London and he had more than 300 employees in 1889. Three gold medals honored his faïence objects. However, Gallé kept concentrating on glass objects. In 1901, he founded the École de Nancy for glass artists together with Augustin and Antonin Daum, René Lalique and Gabriel Argy-Rousseau. (cko)

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