# François Emile Décorchemont artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:17:10.604Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1880-05-26
- Death date: 1971-02-19
- Nationality: French
- Common media: Pâte de verre and decorative glass, Stained glass, Ceramics, Painting

## About François Emile Décorchemont

François Emile Décorchemont (1880–1971) was a French painter, ceramist, glass artist, and stained-glass artist associated with the development of French decorative arts in the early twentieth century. His documented practice crossed several media, but his name is especially connected with pâte de verre, a glass-forming technique capable of producing richly colored, sculptural surfaces. A Rijksmuseum collection record documents a signed pâte de verre vase made at Conches-en-Ouche around 1923–1924, while later records and surviving church installations show his work in religious stained glass. This range—from small decorative vessels to architectural panels—helps explain why collectors may encounter his name in different appraisal contexts. Authority records maintained by Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, IdRef, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France connect the principal name variants and identify him consistently as a French decorative artist. No specific movement label has been assigned here because the collected institution-grade records describe his media and occupations more clearly than a formal affiliation.

## Common works and media

Documented work types include paintings, ceramics, decorative glass, and stained glass. A Rijksmuseum record identifies a small signed vase in brown, green, and blue-purple pâte de verre, dated around 1923–1924. Other collected records document religious stained-glass panels, including a 1954 Crucifixion composition. Attribution should be based on the individual object's materials, construction, marks, documentation, and relationship to securely identified examples.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should first establish the type of work under consideration: a pâte de verre vessel, another glass object, a ceramic work, a painting, or an architectural stained-glass element. Relevant evidence can include the material and technique, dimensions, production date, form, color, inscription or signature, and documented ownership history. A museum-recorded vase bears the mark FDECORCHEMONT, demonstrating why signatures and their placement can matter, although a mark alone does not establish authenticity. Comparable sales should be restricted to genuinely similar objects and should account for differences in medium, scale, date, and design. The collected sources do not contain enough detailed auction-house results to support a price forecast or market-trend statement.

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## Sources

- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/032245491
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/59986184/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3084550
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500069376
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb123314180
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_D%C3%A9corchemont
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaas_met_mascarons,_BK-1972-104.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaillon_-_Crucifixion_1954_sign%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7ois_D%C3%A9corchemont.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaillon_-_Crucifixion_1954_Fran%C3%A7ois_D%C3%A9corchemont_-_5_panneaux.jpg
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/francois-emile-decorchemont/