The enamel painted glasses of Alphonse Giboin
The enamelled glasses of Alphonse Giboin (1828 - 1921) are among the curiosities of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs.
At the end of the 19th century, this cultivated man, a retired civil servant in Libourne, demonstrated his mastery of the recently rediscovered techniques of enamel on glass. He created glass objects inspired by the Arab-Persian Orient, Japan or historicism in vogue at the time...