EMILE GALLE – PEDESTAL TABLE, CIRCA 1900
PEDESTAL TABLE, CIRCA 1900
Marquetry on the upper shelf. Bears the inscription Semper gardate and is signed in marquetry within a cartouche Gallé 1898
Height: 75.5 cm.
Top: 71 × 41.5 cm.
GALLE Emile (1846-1904)
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EMILE GALLE – VASE, CIRCA 1889
VASE, CIRCA 1889
Polychrome “cristallerie” glass decorated with enamelled water lilies, aquatic flowers, stems,
and three dragonflies; original bronze base decorated with four snails
Enamelled signature in Japanese style
17 cm. high
EMILE GALLE – UMBRELLA STAND “AUX GRENOUILLES”, CIRCA 1900
UMBRELLA STAND “AUX GRENOUILLES”, CIRCA 1900
Carved wood and exotic wood marquetry, decorated with flowers and mushrooms
With its inner case
Signed
70.5 x 46 x 24 cm.
Bibliography
Art Nouveau Belgium-France, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1976,
p. 224, n. 341
EMILE GALLE – “LES OMBELLIFERES” DISPLAY CABINET, CIRCA 1900
“LES OMBELLIFERES” DISPLAY CABINET, CIRCA 1900
Carved and moulded walnut
The interior has shaped shelves with naturalistic supports, and a back panel with an umbel motif in marquetry using different woods. The side panels and the glazed door, decorated with umbellifers and a butterfly in flight, are also in marquetry
Signed GALLÉ in marquetry
Height: 150 cm
Width: 63 cm
Depth: 43 cm
EMILE GALLE – TABLE, CIRCA 1900
TABLE, CIRCA 1900
Exotic wood
Removable upper tray
Decorated with aquatic plants and waterlilies on the upper part; flowers, waterlilies and a small frog on the lower part
Signed on upper and lower shelves
82 cm. high; 60 cm. wide; 41.5 cm. deep
EMILE GALLE – SMALL POT, CIRCA 1900
SMALL POT, CIRCA 1900
Clear glass with inclusions; with two applied
handles, the decor in marquetry
and chased
Wheel-carved signature
9 cm. high
16 cm. long
EMILE GALLE – “CAVALIER PERSAN” BEAKER, DESIGNED CIRCA 1889
“CAVALIER PERSAN” BEAKER, DESIGNED CIRCA 1889
Glass, decorated with a Persian horse rider, in polychrome enamel on a background engraved with stylized and geometrical flowers and partly highlighted in gold, inclusion of shattered gold foils
Signed E. Gallé Nancy under its base
10 cm. high
Bibliography
Bernd Hakenjos, Emile Gallé, Keramik, Glas und Möbel des Art Nouveau, Hirmer, ill. p. 80
EMILE GALLE – VASE, CIRCA 1900
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Small pear-shaped vase, clear glass overlaid with black and with platinum foil, acid-etched and entirely wheel-carved, hammered body
Signed in wheel-carved cameo
8.5 cm. high
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Henri Flammarion
EMILE GALLE – SELLETTE, CIRCA 1900
SELLETTE, CIRCA 1900
Sculpted walnut and exotic wood marquetry
Signed
104 cm. high
Bibliography
Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, n. 3, 1898-1899, view of the stand of Emile Gallé at the first exhibition of the Künstlerkolonie Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt, 1898
EMILE GALLE – VITRINE, CIRCA 1900
VITRINE, CIRCA 1900
Mahogany with a marquetry decoration of apple blossoms
150 x 40 x 30 cm.
EMILE GALLE – GUERIDON, CIRCA 1900
GUERIDON, CIRCA 1900
Walnut, the top inlaid
Signed
Height: 73 cm.
Guéridon tripode en noyer, plateau en marqueterie, pieds fuselés
Signé
Hauteur : 73 cm
Diamètre : 53,5 cm
4 500 €
EMILE GALLE – TWO-TIER TABLE, CIRCA 1900
TWO-TIER TABLE, CIRCA 1900
Marquetry of precious woods
The top features a decoration of a dragonfly on a marsh iris. The lower tier has a central motif of flying insects
Marquetry signature on the top
74 x 61 x 39 cm.
EMILE GALLE – TEA TABLE, CIRCA 1900
TEA TABLE, CIRCA 1900
Exotic wood
Two-tiered; the first decorated with sheep and their shepherd in the sunset, the second embellished with hydrangeas and butterflies
Signed on the top shelf
Height: 83 cm.
Width: 84 cm.
Table à thé à deux plateaux, le premier rectangulaire à coins arrondis à décor de moutons paissant et leur berger dans un paysage arboré au soleil couchant, le deuxième ovale à décor d’hydrangeas et papillons, en placage de frêne, ronce de frêne, noyer et loupe de noyer. Piétement d’angle cambré et galbé et moulures d’encadrement en acajou nervuré
Signée sur le premier plateau
Hauteur : 83 cm
Largeur : 84 cm
3 000 €
EMILE GALLE – VICTOR PROUVE – FOOTED BALUSTER VASE D’ACCUEIL “PITIE” OR “CHARITE”, CIRCA 1899-1900
FOOTED BALUSTER VASE D’ACCUEIL “PITIE” OR “CHARITE”, CIRCA 1899-1900
Flaring waisted rim, nocturnal and symbolic subject depicting a woman supporting an old man wrapped in a blanket, the background designed as a landscape with bats in flight
Wheel engraved signature
27.8 cm. high
This is a unique piece executed for the 1900 Exposition Universelle (See: Victor Prouvé 1858-1943, éditions Gallimard, 2008, p. 196) and the letter herebelow which Gallé addressed to Prouvé giving him instructions regarding the subject of the vase. He quotes Matthew 25:31-46
I was naked and you clothed me
I was a stranger and you welcomed me
Exhibition
Victor Prouvé 1858-1943, Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, 17 May-21 September 2008, ill. p. 205, n. 144 in the exhibition catalogue
Victor Prouvé, le Maître de l’art Nouveau à Issy, Musée Français de la carte à jouer, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 11 May-14 August 2022
Bibliography
Extracts from a letter by Emile Gallé to Victor Prouvé dated the 25th of January 1899
“… Thème décoratif. – Cette pièce devra faire partie d’une série rêvée par moi de Fruits spirituels, les uns bons et les autres mauvais. Celle-ci sera la pomme de sapin, vaguement rappelée par la forme du vase avec la large figuration neigeuse sur son épaulement de bronze, formant ainsi cadre au sujet inspiré de ce thème :
Car j’ai eu froid et vous m’avez réchauffé
J’étais étranger et vous m’avez recueilli
… Il s’agit donc de figurer un miséreux, demi nu, auquel des hôtes, eux-mêmes peu fortunés, offrent leur coeur et leur foyer ; Puvis, si je me souviens, avait prêté à ses hospitaliers homme et femme un grand âge, ce qui était touchant et faisait un rappel de Philémon et Baucis.
Afin de ne pas trop compliquer (car nous avons bien d’autres thèmes à dire, en un an !) un seul hospitalisé pourrait suffire, avec un pauvre accroupi frileux devant le feu, et des invités plus modestes et non moins intéressants, des oiseaux sur une place sans neige, un chien perdu qui dévore timidement à l’écart…
… P.S. – Bien entendu, je compte enlever le noir du col et n’en laisser que peu (vol de corneilles scématisées, ou écailles de sapin). Je laisserai la bague noire…” (La Revue des arts décoratifs, 1901, p. 312).
Victor Prouvé, le Maître de l’art Nouveau à Issy, Musée Français de la carte à jouer, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 11 May-14 August 2022, ill. p. 12
Le Journal des Arts, n. 592, 24 June-7 July 2022, p. 21
Provenance
Acquired in 1999 from a private collection, France
SOLD
EMILE GALLE – “AUX LIBELLULES”, A RARE VITRINE, CIRCA 1900
“AUX LIBELLULES”, A RARE VITRINE, CIRCA 1900
Carved walnut, rosewood, burr elm, ash,
pearwood, atapa and other marquetry inlay, bronze, carved with dragonflies and butterfly mounts
Inlaid signature
231 cm. high
127 cm. wide
SOLD
EMILE GALLE – “AUX GRENOUILLES” UMBRELLA STAND, CIRCA 1900
“AUX GRENOUILLES” UMBRELLA STAND, CIRCA 1900
Sculpted wood, inlaid in various woods with an aquatic decor and a dragonfly; the feet sculpted in the shape of frog legs; the handles in patinated gilt bronze
Signed
73 cm. high; 52.5 cm. wide; 23.5 cm. deep
Exhibition
Art Nouveau Belgium France, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1976, p. 224, n. 341 in the exhibition catalogue
The marquetry front panel with a design of mushrooms
SOLD
EMILE GALLE – TWO COLOCYNTHS RARE VASE, CIRCA 1900
TWO COLOCYNTHS RARE VASE, CIRCA 1900
Japanese inspiration, in faience with a high-fired polychrome design on white glazed cover
The two colocynths have stylized cutouts on the belly, to receive the flowers
Some small scratches, firing cracks and a restored chip at the back
Black enamed signature under the base E. Gallé / Faïencerie de Nancy
Height: 33 cm
Bibliography
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 173
SOLD
EMILE GALLE – A PAIR OF ENAMELLED CREAM JARS, CIRCA 1900
A PAIR OF ENAMELLED CREAM JARS, CIRCA 1900
Acid-etched and enamelled glass with foil inclusions; original stoppers
Wheel engraved signature
8.5 cm. high