An Art Nouveau vase decorated with umbellifer
Désiré Jean-Baptiste Christian (Lemberg 1846 - Meisenthal/Lothringen 1907)
Lot-No. 387
D. Christian & son, Meisenthal, around 1900. Colourless glass with violet underlay and light-green overlay. Continous decor in high etching: Umbellifer plant. At the bottom sign. 'D Christian Meisenthal Loth.' (incised). H. 26 cm. - - A french glass painter, who ranks among the most talented glass artists of the art nouveau along with Emile Gallé. Following his training as a glass painter he headed since 1877 the decorations atelier in Meisenthal and cooperated with Gallé and Burgun, Schverer & Co. Around 1898 he founded his own workshop D. Christian & fils a Meisenthal. - Mus.: Düsseldorf, Freiburg, Meisenthal a.o. Comp.: Saur, AKL, vol. 19, p. 39 a.o.
Désiré Jean-Baptiste Christian: An Art Nouveau vase decorated with umbellifer
Désiré Jean-Baptiste Christian (Lemberg 1846 - Meisenthal/Lothringen 1907)
An Art Nouveau vase decorated with umbellifer
Lot-No. 387
D. Christian & son, Meisenthal, around 1900. Colourless glass with violet underlay and light-green overlay. Continous decor in high etching: Umbellifer plant. At the bottom sign. 'D Christian Meisenthal Loth.' (incised). H. 26 cm. - - A french glass painter, who ranks among the most talented glass artists of the art nouveau along with Emile Gallé. Following his training as a glass painter he headed since 1877 the decorations atelier in Meisenthal and cooperated with Gallé and Burgun, Schverer & Co. Around 1898 he founded his own workshop D. Christian & fils a Meisenthal. - Mus.: Düsseldorf, Freiburg, Meisenthal a.o. Comp.: Saur, AKL, vol. 19, p. 39 a.o.