Lot Essay
The Latin title inlaid on the dressing table is Pervinci, meaning to conquer completely or to surpass.
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'PERVINCI', A COIFFEUSE, CIRCA 1900
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EMILE GALLE (1846-1904)
'PERVINCI', A COIFFEUSE, CIRCA 1900
carved acacia, ash, walnut, stained oak, birch, inlaid with flowering periwinkle stems and title 'Pervinci'
56 ¼ in. (142.8 cm.) high; 35 ½ in. (90.2 cm.) wide; 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) deep
signed Gallé
'PERVINCI', A COIFFEUSE, CIRCA 1900
carved acacia, ash, walnut, stained oak, birch, inlaid with flowering periwinkle stems and title 'Pervinci'
56 ¼ in. (142.8 cm.) high; 35 ½ in. (90.2 cm.) wide; 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) deep
signed Gallé
Provenance
Galerie Félix Marcilhac, Paris, 2006;
From where acquired by the present owner.
From where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
A. Duncan, Paris Salons 1895-1914, Vol. III; Furniture, Woodbridge, 1996, p. 222, another example illustrated;
A. Duncan, G. de Bartha, Gallé Furniture, Woodbridge, 2012, p. 270, pl. 1, this example illustrated.
A. Duncan, G. de Bartha, Gallé Furniture, Woodbridge, 2012, p. 270, pl. 1, this example illustrated.
Exhibited
An example was exhibited in the Pavilion de la Maison Emile Gallé at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900.
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