Edmond Etling

{{Short description|French art dealer, gallery owner, and manufacturer (c. 1878–1918)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Edmond Etling

| birth_name = Edmond Laurent Etling

| birth_date = 23 June 1878Paris, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1555–1929

| birth_place = Paris, France

| death_date = 24 October 1918

| death_place = Paris, France

| occupation = Art dealer, gallery owner, designer, manufacturer

| movement = Art Deco

}}

Edmond Laurent Etling (23 June 1878 – 24 October 1918) was a French art dealer, gallery owner, designer, and a manufacturer of high-quality decorative objects made of bronze, ceramics and art glass in the Art Deco style.{{Cite book |last=Cappa |first=Giuseppe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LB2u1_ERgJcC |title=Le génie verrier de l'Europe: témoignages : de l'historicisme à la modernité (1840-1998) |date=1998 |publisher=Editions Mardaga |isbn=978-2-87009-680-2 |pages=251–254 |language=fr}}

He owned La Societe Anonyme Edmond Etling (English: Edmond Etling Limited Company) for manufacturing, his foundry was named Edmond Etling & Cie, and sometimes the products are referred to as "Etling Glass". His gallery, Galerie Béranger, was located in Paris, however there are discrepancies on the exact address.{{Cite web |title=Edmond Etling |url=https://reartdeco.ch/edmond-etling/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=ReArtDeco |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |last=Shayo |first=Alberto |url=https://issuu.com/accpublishinggroup/docs/sp16statuettes_art_deco_period |title=Statuettes art deco period |date=25 January 2016 |publisher=ACC Art Books |others=Antique Collectors Club |isbn=978-1-85149-824-6 |page=31 |language=en |access-date=2022-09-27 |via=issuu.com}}

Biography

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Etling was born in Paris, 11, rue des Halles (1st district), the son of Cerf Etling and Valerie Dreyfus.

His company La Societe Anonyme Edmond Etling, founded in Paris in 1909,{{Cite web |date=October 30, 2020 |title=Opalescent Draped Nude (Isadora) |url=https://mullinautomotivemuseum.com/furniture/mascot-draped-nude-isadora/ |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Mullin Automotive Museum |language=en-US}} manufactured decorative object and commissioned sculptors and artists, including Georges Béal,{{Cite news |last=Zimmeth |first=K. |date=2005-04-09 |title=Frosted glass candy dish was made by a competitor of Lalique |pages=57 |work=Detroit Free Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110330897/frosted-glass-candy-dish-was-made-by-a/ |access-date=2022-09-28}} Demétre Chiparus, Claire Colinet, Armand Godard, Geneviève Granger, Marcel Guillard, Maurice Guiraud-Rivière, Géza Hiecz, Fanny Rozet, and Lucille Sévin. Other artists worked with Etling when casting their statuettes including Aurore Onu, Marcel Bouraine, Pierre Le Faguays,{{Cite book |last=Knowles |first=Eric |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OhjDCwAAQBAJ |title=Art Deco |date=2014-10-10 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-7478-1521-1 |pages=70–71 |language=en}} Raymonde Guerbe, and André Vincent Becquerel.

Etling is known for light blue opalescent objects such as plates and bowls, which were also produced in gray and frosted glass. Most items bore the cast signature "Etling France" followed by a model number related to the Choisy-le-Roi catalogue.{{Cite web |last=Bowey |first=Angela M. |date=1998 |title=Etling Glass information, pictures and references. |url=https://www.glassencyclopedia.com/Etlinglass.html |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=GlassEncyclopedia.com}}

In 1910, Etling was awarded the diplome d'honneur at Brussels International (1910).

He was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor by decree of October 18, 1918.{{Cite web |title=Etling, Edmond |url=https://www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/ui/notice/135213 |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=Archives Nationales |language=fr}} He died a few days later in Paris, 11th arrondissement, on the 24 October 1918.{{Cite web |title=Minutes et répertoires du notaire Edmond Joseph Antoine VIDECOQ, 2 mars 1911 - 31 décembre 1938 (étude XV) |url=https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/consultationIR.action?irId=FRAN_IR_057596&udId=c-r3kpcy2uc--372lfn5rns1x&details=true |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=Archives Nationales |language=fr |trans-quote=Inventory after the death of Edmond Etling , which occurred on October 24, 1918.}}

In the 1970s, the Manufacture Royale de Porcelaine de Sèvres reproduced some Etling designs, particularly the female nudes.