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| Keywords: Emile GallĂ© - Vase with Cherry Tree Branches - Walters 47570.jpg Inspired by the Chinese glass he had seen during a trip to Berlin Emile Gallé began to work with opaque colored glass in 1884 Within four years he developed a technique of working with cased layered glass in which Art Nouveau or Japanese-inspired designs were etched through the outer layers with acid to create inexpensively a carved cameo effect Most of Gallé's pieces were mass-produced at the glasshouse of Burgum and Schverer in the town of Meisenthal in eastern France Production of his works continued there after his death until World War I ca 1900 layered glass cm 36 8 accession number 47 570 24630 Mr Edward F Furman Baltimore Walters Art Museum Gift of Edward F Furman 1972 3000 Years of Glass Treasures from The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1982 place of origin China Walters Art Museum license Glassware by Émile GallĂ© Cameo glass Glassware in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Art Nouveau vases | ||||
