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Source Description
Rousseau was an innovative ceramist and glass designer who played a pivotal role in introducing Japanese motifs into French decorative arts. At the 1884 Paris Union Centrale exhibition, he first exhibited "crackle" glass, which was created using a 16th-century Venetian technique in which the glass is immersed in cold water between firings. The actual production of the glass was carried out by Appert Frères, a glass manufactory in the Paris suburb of Clichy.
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Document identity
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40378
label
Vase
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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40378
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contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Vase
description
Rousseau was an innovative ceramist and glass designer who played a pivotal role in introducing Japanese motifs into French decorative arts. At the 1884 Paris Union Centrale exhibition, he first exhibited "crackle" glass, which was created using a 16th-century Venetian technique in which the glass is immersed in cold water between firings. The actual production of the glass was carried out by Appert Frères, a glass manufactory in the Paris suburb of Clichy.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1894 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest [from 5 West Mt. Vernon Place].
date
ca. 1884
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Glasswares
vases
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
18 1/2 in. (47 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
Not signed
med
layered glass with gold foil inclusions
creator_ids
4874
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
454
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1
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0
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photo
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