LIBELLULES GUERIDON, AFTER 1897

細節

EMILE GALLÉ
LIBELLULES GUERIDON, AFTER 1897
carved walnut, the top of each tier inlaid with mahogany and various fruitwoods
30 in. (76.2 cm.) high; 25½ in. (64.7 cm.) wide
inlaid signature Gallé

出版

Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914 Volume III: Furniture, New York, 1996, p. 225 (contemporary photograph of model shown exhibited at the Exposition Universelle 1900);
Philippe Garner, Emile Gallé, London, 1976, p. 9 (four pedestal variant of the design illustrated);
Nancy Galeries Poirel, L'Ecole de Nancy, 1889-1909, Art Nouveau et Industries d'Art, Nancy, 1999, p. 157 (design illustrated).

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

This design met with derision when it was discussed in Le Figaro in response to the table's innaugral showing at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1898. Critics viewed the table as too revolutionary in design in comparison to the prevailing taste for traditional historicist styles.