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Lot 16
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Emile Gallé

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
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Description

  • Emile Gallé
  • Paire de fauteuils, 1889
  • Signés Emile Gallé Nancy gravé sur le dossier et datés Exposition 1889 au revers du dossier
  • Hauteur : 95 cm (37 3/8 in.) Largeur : 57,5 cm (22 3/4 in.) Profondeur : 48 cm (17 7/8 in.)
en orme, le dossier droit centré d'un panneau polylobé à décor en marqueterie de bois fruitier de fleurs et de feuilles, les accoudoirs carrés sculptés, les pieds sculptés reliés par une entretoise en "H"

Exhibited

Exposition universelle, Paris, 1889

Literature

Alastair Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany, The Garden Museum Collection, éd. Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 2004, pp. 596-597 et 603
De la Lorraine, catalogue d'exposition, Musée de Metz et Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, éd. Hazan, Paris, 2004, pp. 218-219 et p. 220
Nadine Soret & François Le Tacon, La salle à manger d'Emile Gallé pour Henry Vasnier, Le Pays Lorrain, janvier 2011, p. 14

Condition

Good overall condition. Minor knocks, dents and minor cracks consistent with age and normal use on the entire surface, drying up and minor cracks to the marquetry. Bon état général. Petits coups, enfoncements et petites fissures dus au temps et à l'usage. Desséchement et petites fissures de la marqueterie.
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