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Émile Gallé
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Born May 8, 1846 • Nancy • France
Died September 23, 1904 (aged 58) • Nancy • France
Movement / Style Art Nouveau

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Vase with relief decoration by Émile Gallé, c. 1895; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Gallé, Émile: glass vase
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French glassmaker
René Lalique: hair ornament and brooch
René Lalique
French jeweler
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Louis Majorelle
French cabinetmaker
Paolo Venini
Italian glassmaker
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Scottish architect and designer
Jacques Androuet du Cerceau
French architect
Charlotte Perriand: 1928 dining room
Charlotte Perriand
French designer
Andrée Putman
French designer
Cartel clock with Louis XIV clockcase by Charles Cressent; in the Wallace Collection, London
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French cabinetmaker
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French cabinetmaker
Daniel Marot
French architect and designer
Jewel casket on a stand, veneered with mahogany, sycamore, and purplewood, by Jean-Henri Riesener, c. 1780; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Jean-Henri Riesener
German cabinetmaker
Georges Jacob
French furniture maker
Oeben, Jean-François: commode
Jean-François Oeben
French cabinetmaker
Juste-Aurèle Meissonier
French architect and goldsmith
Place des Abbesses metro station, Paris
Hector Guimard
French architect
Stephen Goddard
American cabinetmaker
John Goddard
American cabinetmaker
Thomas Goddard
American cabinetmaker