Round central bowl in white marble-effect glass, wrought-Iron
Height: 39.5" - Diameter: 22"
The Schneider glass factory was founded in the Paris region in 1909 by Charles Schneider (1881-1953) and his brother Ernest. Both were trained in Nancy, eastern France, a major center of artistic glassmaking renowned for manufacturers such as Gallé and Daum. They produced a wide range of glassware, particularly during the Art Deco period, skillfully employing techniques such as acid etching, inclusion effects, and marbled glass. For their mounted pieces, they collaborated with highly skilled ironworkers—often unidentified—who knew how to enhance the glass to perfection, as seen here in this finely crafted and delicate wreath of roses. The Schneider firm used different signatures depending on the technique and retail outlets, including Schneider, Le Verre Français, and Charder. Pieces signed Schneider, like ours, were intended for sale in the finest interior decoration shops of Paris’s fashionable Opéra district, such as Le Grand Dépôt, Rouard, Delvaux, and Au Vase Étrusque. Here, a wreath of delicately crafted electrified roses encircles the half globe, the graphic black ironwork contrasting sharply with its milky glass, which is signed “Schneider.”