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Fire Screen, attributed to Emile Gallé , circa 1900

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Emile Gallé (1846-1904) French glass and furniture maker, born and died in Nancy, France, was one of major artists in the French Art Nouveau movement. He was, however, primarily known for his glass creations. The fire screen at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, dating from circa 1900, is made of maple, leather and glass; the leather was created by M. Melchoir (dates unknown). The peacock motif in this fire screen is a very common one in the Art Nouveau movement. For a visual experience use Google image search for the following: “art nouveau” peacock.

 

The Wikipedia biography is located at

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Gall%C3%A9

 

Information on his furniture creations can be found at

www.emilegallefurniture.com/

 

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