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Although a painter, Gallen-Kallela designed a certain number of decorative art models - woodwork, furniture, hangings, rugs, fabrics, fireplace - presented in the Finnish pavilion of the 1900 Paris Exposition. The exhibited objects included Gallen-Kallela' wall hanging, The Flame, which later became an icon of Scandinavian design. It was produced by the workshop of the Suomen Käsityön Ystävät (Friends of Finnish Handicrafts), created in Helsinki in 1879 to perpetuate national traditions and rural skills.
The somewhat modified copy in the Musée d'Orsay corresponds to a later version, created in 1905-1906.
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