Clement Massier Furniture
Clément Massier, an accomplished ceramist born into a multi-generational family of potters working in Vallauris, France in the second half of the 19th century, transcended his family’s metier. Rather than creating utilitarian objects as a means unto themselves, he used the ceramic medium as an aesthetic platform to make art. Among the many international awards earned during his lifetime, Massier was awarded a gold medal at the world’s fair, Exposition Universelle held in Paris in 1889. At the Exposition, it was Massier’s ceramic glazing techniques, using turquoise metallic luster, which captured the world’s attention. Massier’s metallic luster glazes produce the dual properties of reflectivity and transparency to create iridescence. To achieve this, Massier fired his ceramics in a three-tiered process at increasingly lower temperatures. He applied the final glaze created from a metallic clay compound with a brush. When the blackened vessels had fully cooled, they were buffed until shiny to reveal his iridescent inspirations of nature. Each piece produced was a unique object revealing not only the hand of the artist but also the variable effects of temperature, natural elements and their interactive relationships. His glazes are illusory interpretations fused into fired earthenware. Conversely, the ceramic object’s solidity belies its ephemeral nature which constantly changes in light. This duality naturally inherent to this art medium is a theme that Massier echoes in his subject matter.
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Ceramic
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Earthenware
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Earthenware
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Earthenware
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Earthenware
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Earthenware
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Earthenware
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Earthenware
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Ceramic
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Earthenware
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Earthenware
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Earthenware
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Earthenware
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Earthenware
1890s French Country Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Majolica, Ceramic
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Ceramic, Faience
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Ceramic
1880s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Earthenware
Late 19th Century French Islamic Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Terracotta
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Blown Glass
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Pottery
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Clement Massier Furniture
Ceramic
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Ceramic
2010s English Art Nouveau Clement Massier Furniture
Pottery
1870s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Spelter
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Clement Massier Furniture
Brass
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Clement Massier Furniture
Glass
19th Century French Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Iron
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Clement Massier Furniture
Brass
1870s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Spelter
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Clement Massier Furniture
Majolica
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Pottery
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Ceramic, Earthenware
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Other
Late 19th Century French Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Majolica
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Majolica
1890s French Japonisme Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Earthenware
1890s French Country Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Ceramic, Majolica
Late 19th Century French Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century French Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Clement Massier Furniture
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Clement Massier Furniture
Earthenware