“bamboo” Vase - Ernest Leveille (1841–1913)

Double glass vase in a marbled coral-red color,
depicting a hollow lignified thatch.
Unsigned

A similar example in smoked glass is reproduced in "Art Nouveau, The Decorative Revolution", exhibition Pinacothèque de Paris 2013, Skira, n°37.

Perfect condition
France
circa 1900

height. 18 cm
diam. 5 cm

Biography
Ernest-Baptiste Léveillé (1841-1913), known as Ernest Léveillé, was a merchant and publisher of porcelain and crystal. Founder of the Léveillé house in 1869 at 74 boulevard Haussmann in Paris, he acquired the Eugène Rousseau house in 1885, a merchant and publisher of porcelain and crystal, and operated the collection from 1886 to 1890 under the name "Maison Rousseau et Léveillé réunies". Léveillé created the models and had them made, then engraved, according to very precise instructions. Its crackled vases, engraved on three layers of glass, earned it a gold medal. Renamed "E. Léveillé" after Eugène Rousseau's death in 1890, the store moved to 140 Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris in 1899. In 1902, Ernest Léveillé joined forces with Maison Toy, a porcelain and crystal business, under the name "Maisons Toy et Leveillé réunies." The establishment was then located at 10 rue de la Paix.