Lot Essay
This lot may be a unique piece executed for the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1902. An example of this design is known to have been displayed at the exhibition.
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'AUX PAVOTS', A RARE SELETTE, CIRCA 1900
Details
EMILE GALLE (1846-1904)
'AUX PAVOTS', A RARE SELETTE, CIRCA 1900
carved walnut, thuya, goncalo alves, walnut, rosewood, birds eye maple
33 ½ in. (85.1 cm.) high; 16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) sq.
inlaid Gallé
'AUX PAVOTS', A RARE SELETTE, CIRCA 1900
carved walnut, thuya, goncalo alves, walnut, rosewood, birds eye maple
33 ½ in. (85.1 cm.) high; 16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) sq.
inlaid Gallé
Literature
A. Duncan, Paris Salons 1895-1914, Vol. III: Furniture, Woodbridge, 1996, p. 227, probably this example illustrated, together with two design sketches;
A. Duncan, Gallé Furniture, Woodbridge, 2012, p. 277, pls 2, 2a, 2b, probably this example illustrated, together with two design sketches.
A. Duncan, Gallé Furniture, Woodbridge, 2012, p. 277, pls 2, 2a, 2b, probably this example illustrated, together with two design sketches.
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