Louis Sibille - Vase - Monumental vase Dame enamelled with Bonzoi - Glass - H. 40.5 cm

Object description: Authentic Art Deco Vase – Louis Sibille

• Designer: Louis Sibille (active ca. 1920–1930)
• Period: Art Deco / Interwar (circa 1925)
• Material: Satin glass (matglas / verre opale) hand-decorated with thick enamel (émail de couleur)
• Signature: Fully hand-signed in the decor: Louis Sibille
• Height: 40.5 cm
• Condition: Excellent vintage condition, small normal kiln faults.

Style and Decor Description

A rare and highly characteristic glass Art Deco vase, made of semi-transparent satin glass. The vase features all around a high-quality, hand-painted scene in the typical fashionable style of the Années Folles (the Roaring Twenties).
Central on the vase is an elegant, fashionable lady in a richly pleated purple dress and a flamboyant straw hat with a blue ribbon. She leans gracefully forward to smell a flower. Beside her stands a sleekly stylized greyhound (lévrier) in deep blue and blue-green tones, one of the most iconic symbols of the Art Deco period. The background is decorated with flowing, stylized branches and blossoms.
The underside of the vase is edged with a striking geometric checkerboard pattern in contrasting yellow and black, which gives the vase its strong and architectural Art Deco look. The decoration is applied in thick, tangible layers of enamel and outlined with black contours, a technique frequently used by top ateliers in the Franco-Belgian border region (such as Legras & Cie and Verreries de Scailmont).

Rarity and Context

Vases by the French designer and decorator Louis Sibille are exceedingly scarce on the art market. Sibille worked in very limited editions and decorated the glass objects by hand, giving each piece a unique character. The absence of a factory stamp on the underside is in keeping with the method of independent ateliers from this period, who bought blank vases to then sign the decoration exclusively. A beautiful and representative collectible of European Art Deco

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