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.

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 …