D'Argental decorative vase with chysanthemum decoration by Paul Nicolas Slender flask shape. Cased glass, colourless, yellow and dark purple. Etched and polished decoration of blossoming chrysanthemum stems in several stages. Designed by Paul Nicolas. Signed "d'Argental". H. 45 cm. Paul Nicolas (1875 - 1952) was employed by Emile Gallé in Nancy from 1893 and managed the company from 1904 after his death; he founded his own glass finishing studio in Nancy in 1919. Cf. on Nicolas and D'Argental: Hilschenz-Mlynek/Ricke, Cat. Hentrich Collection, p. 348 ff. A large French D'Argental cameo glass vase with acid-etched and polished Chrysanthemum designed by Paul Nicolas. France. Nancy. Paul Nicolas/D'Argental. 1919-1925.