Emile Gallé
Trumpet Vine Table Lamp
1901
Physical Qualities
Glass, copper alloy, replacement cord, Base (w/o lightbulb): 12 x 11 1/8 in. (30.5 x 28.3 cm.)
Overall: 16 x 11 1/8 in. (40.6 x 28.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael and Anis Merson, Baltimore
Object Number
2008.89
Double overlaid, acid etched opaque glass; bronze armature. Mushroom shaped cameo table lamp. Deep red trumpet vine motif over yellow ground on base and shade. Three bronze armatures support shade. Lightbulb insert cracked and very loose. Marked "Gallé" in red cameo on both base and shade. Fabric covered cord and brown plastic switch and plug. 2 parts: base and shade.
- David Park Curry, collection rotation 2014
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Michael and Anis Merson, Baltimore
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century", February 7-May 8, 2016.
BMA Today, Summer 2009, cover (detail).
BMA Today, Summer 2009, p. 23, ill.
Inscribed: None.
Markings: Base: red cameo "Gallé" Shade: red cameo "Gallé"
On View: Cone Wing, Gallery 6
