Théodore DECK (1823-1891) Pair of “Deck blue” lamps circa 1870

Théodore DECK (1823-1891) Pair of “Deck blue” lamps circa 1870

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Theodore DECK (1823-1891)
Pair of vases mounted as lamps

Ovoid body and straight flared neck in turquoise blue enameled earthenware “known as Deck blue”

Oriental decor of floral motifs, stylized scrolls and foliage

Asian style wooden frame.

Monogrammed THD on the body of the vases

Circa 1870-1875

H 28cm W 16cm

H Total with socket 35 cm
Originally from Guebwiller in Alsace, Théodore Deck trained as a ceramicist in his home region, then in Germany. He joined forces with his brother, Xavier Deck, to create his own factory in Paris in 1858.
In 1861, at the Salon des Arts et Industries in Paris, held on the Champs-Élysées, Théodore Deck exhibited his works for the first time, pieces with decorative inlay called "Henri II" and others. Although he won a silver medal, the reviews were mixed.

The following year, at the 1862 World's Fair in London, he won over the English clientele. He surprised them by presenting, as in the previous year, his Alhambra vase of exceptional dimensions (1,36 m high and 2,25 m in circumference) which was refined by the South Kensington Museum a few years later. At this same exhibition, however, we noticed the numerous cracks in its glaze and its poor adhesion to the paste.

At the Industrial Arts Exhibition of 1864, Deck successfully presented pieces covered with unglazed transparent enamels, and then made his first attempts at reliefs under transparent enamels. He developed a bright turquoise color, which he named "Deck Blue."
Théodore Deck continued to innovate; at the 1867 Universal Exhibition, the factory received a silver medal thanks, among other things, to the metallic reflections obtained on certain pieces. While these exhibitions became the driving force behind these technical advances, they nevertheless represented heavy expenses. In 1869, Théodore Deck opened a sales store on rue Halévy in the Parisian district of the Opéra, run by his sister.
At the 1873 World's Fair in Vienna, he presented a spectacular two-metre-wide jardinière, leaning against a panel nearly four metres high. The whole, preserved in Geneva at the Ariana Museum, was created from drawings by Émile-Auguste Reiber.

In 1887, he published a treatise entitled "La Faïence", in which he explained some of his discoveries. The same year, he became director of the Manufacture de Sèvres.

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Century

19st century

Style

Napoleon III

Object Type

antiquities

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