Émile Gallé designed the famous anemone bottle associated with Perrier-Jouët Champagne.
Gallé was a French artist and glass designer from Nancy, best known as a leading figure in the Art Nouveau movement. He created the floral decoration for Perrier-Jouët in 1902, using Japanese anemones as the central motif. The design later became the visual signature of the house’s Belle Époque prestige cuvée.
The decorated bottle is more than a modern marketing label. It connects Perrier-Jouët with the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century fascination with botanical forms, curved lines and Japanese artistic influence. Gallé’s work frequently drew on plants and flowers, making the anemone an especially fitting commission.
The Belle Époque cuvée itself was introduced in 1964, decades after Gallé created the original design. This timing is why the artist and the prestige wine are related but not contemporary creations.