Bowl
The Met purchased this extravagant glass bowl, with its discrete yet somewhat disturbing snake motif, directly from Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann’s pavilion at the 1925 Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes . It was probably part of a large selection of glass and ceramics displayed in the entrance hall.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bowl
- Designer: François-Emile Décorchemont (French, 1880–1971)
- Date: 1925
- Culture: French
- Medium: Glass
- Dimensions: 5 × 11 3/4 × 7 1/8 in., 5.5 lb. (12.7 × 29.8 × 18.1 cm, 2.5 kg)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1925
- Object Number: 25.211
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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