Important Design
Important Design
Property from an Important American Collection
Auction Closed
July 30, 06:21 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important American Collection
EMILE GALLÉ
"LIBELLULES" VITRINE
circa 1904-1905
together with two period keys
pearwood, burled ash, mahogany, rosewood, fruitwood marquetry, glass, patinated bronze
signed Gallé within the marquetry
66⅜ x 41½ x 18¼ in. (168.6 x 105.4 x 46.4 cm)
Macklowe Gallery, New York, 1988
Alastair Duncan, Art Nouveau Furniture, New York, 1982, p. 40, no. 25
Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Vol. III, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1996, p. 21
Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau: The French Aesthetic, London, 2002, p. 334
Alastair Duncan and Georges de Bartha, Gallé Furniture, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2012, p. 81
This model was presented at the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs of the École de Nancy, 1904-1905.