Circa 1890. unsigned. IMBERTON (?), Jacques Philippe(1846 Lisbon - ?)

Colorless glass, polychrome enamel painting, lead. 166 x 46 cm (with frame 198 x 57.5 cm, with white metal frame 224 x 61.5 cm).

Rectangular window with raised enamel painting in the style of Turkish İznik ceramics: framed by a floral and ornamental border, a mosque lamp with stylized flower bouquet, crowned by pseudo-Arabic characters. Partially glued cracks and one repair.

Imberton, J. P.: active between 1875 and 1891, glass decorator, collaborator of Philippe-Joseph Brocard, from 1882 he traded as an enamel painter in Paris, he mastered the decorative techniques of glass design to perfection. He created and reproduced ornamental ensembles, which he painted on glass with polychrome enamel, inspired by Egyptian, Syrian, Persian and Islamic artists of the 12th to 14th centuries. He decorated vases, dinner services and mosque lamps in the Moorish style. Renaissance works and nature itself were also sources of inspiration for him. His paintings in relief enamel, which he mainly applied to glass, are of exceptional delicacy. He also created some extremely rare lead glass windows with Persian-inspired decorations. In the early years of his career, Imberton worked with the glass decorators and enamellers A. Buncon and Dupontieux. Imberton's works were presented and awarded prizes at several world exhibitions (1878 Paris/Bronze Medal, 1883 Amsterdam/Gold Medal, 1888 Brussels/Diploma of Honor, 1888 Barcelona/Gold Medal, 1889 Paris). Pendant to lot 1728.

Literature : Compare Olland, Pilippe (2023), Dictionnaire des Maîtres Verreries. Marques & Signatures. De l'art nouveau à l'Art déco, p. 183; Hartmann (1997), p. 653.

Provenance : Private collection Berlin. Acquired in the 1970s from a villa in northern Germany.

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