EMILE GALLÉ | "LIBELLULES" VITRINE

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)

Please note that this lot contains rosewood and may be subject to restrictions regarding import or export.

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.