Émile Decoeur

Harmony C0100

Inventory Number
C0100Size
13 1/4" H x 10 1/2" WMaterial
StonewarePeriod
Art NouveauCountry of Origin
FranceYear Made
1901Status
availableCondition
Perfect

Description

This beautiful stoneware vase bears Edmond Lachenal's mark but is more likely the work of his pupil Émile Decoeur. Lachenal had begun producing stoneware with simple glazes around 1900, whereas Decoeur seems to have concentrated on earthenware during most of his time at Lachenal's atelier. However, like many other ceramists, Decoeur seems to have fallen under the spell of Jean Carriés mat-glazed stoneware, which was coming to be seen as an aesthetic alternative to porcelain and earthenware. Almost certainly, Decoeur created the stoneware pieces that bear both Lachenal's mark and his own monogram beneath. These are works distinguished by harmonious proportions, restrained linear rhythms, and arresting glazes. Although the example above, which is one of a kind, lacks Decoeur's monogram, it possesses all these same qualities. Its stately, balanced form is graced with finely modeled handles, and a flowing reduction glaze offsets the rotund body with a vertical emphasis. Marks: ED. Lachenal ; Modéle Originale, 1901 [painted]