Émile Gallé, Dragonfly shelf
Émile Gallé, Dragonfly shelf
Wood & marquetry
Mirror
Date
circa 1900
Size
H.136,5cm - L.68cm - W.43cm
Collection
Art Nouveau
Condition
Very good
Inventory number
753
Price
26000
Payment in instalments available on request.
Dragonfly, lousewort and bladderwort.
Carved and ribbed walnut collector's shelf, decorated with plant motifs and a dragonfly in high relief. The shelves are fixed by curvilinear foliage, with a marquetry of precious and native woods representing arrowheads and bladderworts. The top incorporates a mirror back and decorative cut-outs.
Signed GALLÉ.
Bibliography: ‘Gallé Furniture’ by A. Duncan and G. de Bartha. Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, U. K., 2012, page 292.