Accession Number
1972/2.228

Title
Vase

Artist(s)
François-Emile Décorchemont

Object Creation Date
1904-1971

Medium & Support
brown, yellow, and green glass

Dimensions
6 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (16.51 x 14.29 cm)

Credit Line
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design

Subject matter
In the early 20th century the refined opulence of glasswork, typified by Louis Comfort Tiffany and the Arts and Crafts movement, gradually gave way to a more modernist aesthetic that emphasized cleaner lines and plain undecorated surfaces. Glassmakers working in this modernist vein began to reject superfluous surface ornament and focused instead on the total integration of form and design. François-Emile Decorchemont, who was initially inspired by the Art Nouveau movement before developing more austere idioms, is perhaps best known for his technique of coloring glass to make it resemble translucent stones.

Physical Description
Inverted cone-shaped vessel of brown, yellow and green glass

Primary Object Classification
Decorative Arts

Primary Object Type
glass

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
glass (material)
modern and contemporary art
vase
vases