Newsletter on Art Nouveau Craftwork & Industry (NANCI)

Newsletter on Art Nouveau Craftwork & Industry (NANCI)

Paul Nicolas’ reflexions on Émile Gallé’s art and the challenges of a new art glass studio in 1920.

An attempt by Albert Daigueperce to recruit ex-Gallé collaborators to set up his own art glass line.

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Samuel Provost
May 05, 2021
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Paul Nicolas, Émile Villermaux, Vase Iris, acid etching, partially wheel engraved, 60 cm H., signed P. Nicolas Villermaux D'Argental with the Cross of Lorraine, Lauritz, Cologne, 2017-07-03.
Paul Nicolas, Émile Villermaux, Vase Iris, acid etching, partially wheel engraved, 60 cm H., signed P. Nicolas Villermaux D'Argental with the Cross of Lorraine, Lauritz, Cologne, 2017-07-03.

Paul Nicolas is well known for his artwork in the cristallerie Gallé as one of the main collaborators of Émile Gallé, who went on becoming a glass master in his own …

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