Art Nouveau vases

Gall� manufactured three types of products: his so-called ‘industrial’ production began c. 1890, and signed vases in simplified shapes and colours were produced in large quantities, and his more complex and sophisticated limited editions (called ‘semi-rich’) and his ‘pi�ces uniques’ were executed by himself or by highly skilled craftsmen. By 1894 Gall� was managing a burgeoning business with over 300 employees. He triumphed at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris, presenting a retrospective of his career and a working furnace at which the art of glassmaking was demonstrated. Gall�’s talent was now widely recognized, and he was elected to the L�gion d’honneur.