Vase des Binelles

The vase was produced in the S�vres porcelain factory; the form and decoration are by Hector Guimard. The crystalline glaze, developed at the end of the nineteenth century, features iridescent crystal particles that create a sparkling effect.

The name of the vase evokes the Castel Henriette built rue des Binelles, in S�vres, between 1899 and 1903 by the architect Hector Guimard, destroyed in 1969. As with all Guimard’s architectural creations, his intervention is a total art that links all elements of the project: from architecture to garden ornaments, including furniture, right down to rugs and hangings. During the same years, Guimard supplied three models of vases to the factory: the Cerny vase, the Chalmont vase and this Binelles vase, produced in five copies only.