Vase with squirrels

Vase with squirrels

Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
1928
Works
Art Deco Glassware

Gabriel Argy-Rousseau decided to devote himself to the art of glass paste and founded the Société des Pâtes de verre d’Argy-Rousseau in 1921
 

Gabriel Argy-Rousseau

Gabriel Argy-Rousseau (Meslay-le-Vidame 1885 - Paris 1953)

Vase with squittels

1928

Inscr. G. ARGY-ROUSSEAU

Pâte de verre

H. 19,3 ; D. 13,5 cm

Inv. MV 2014.1.1. Donated by Barlach Heuer

 

Trained at the École de Sèvres between 1902 and 1906, where he met the glass paste practitioner Henry Cros, Gabriel Argy-Rousseau very quickly showed his interest in this particular technique. After hesitating about the direction of his career, he decided to devote himself to the art of pâte de verre and founded the Société des Pâtes de verre d’Argy-Rousseau in 1921. From then on, and for nearly fifteen years, he created nearly three hundred and fifty models of vases, lamps, bowls and night lights, produced in a few dozen copies. The vase known as the Vase with squittels in grass – whose animal nevertheless resembles a dormouse – dates from 1928. However, this example with its brown and ochre colours could be slightly later. Offered by the glass art lover Barlach Hueur, this vase with its generous shapes and size enriches the collection of decorative art objects in glass paste at the Conches museum, which devotes particular attention to this field.

EXHIBITIONS

2014 - Nouvelle vitrines de verreries de la première moitié du XXe siècle, Musée du verre, Conches (June 14 - November 30).

2019 - Bestiaire de verre de la fin du XIXe siècle à nos jours, Musée du verre, Conches (March 9 - September 22).

PUBLICATIONS

LOUET Eric, Acquisitions 2013-2014. La Revue des Musées de France. Ed. RMN 2015. p. 21.

LOUET Eric, Bestiaire de verre de la fin du XIXe siècle à nos jours. Catalogue d'exposition, Edition Musée du verre, Conches, 2019, p. 44-45.