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“AUX LIBELLULES ET PAPILLONS” CONSOLE, CIRCA 1900
Sculpted walnut and exotic wood marquetry, mother-of-pearl inlay and bronze
Signed
138 cm. high; 74 cm. wide; 46 cm. deep
Only one variant of the design is recorded
Bibliography
A. Duncan and G. de Bartha, Gallé Furniture, Antique Collector’s Club, 2012, a variant ill. p. 272, pl. 4
Provenance
Private collection, France
SIDEBOARD, CIRCA 1900-1910
Rectangular low sideboard in fruitwood. The doors are decorated with molded panels carved in low relief with a wooded lakeside landscape, framed with carved branches. The panels are incised with the silhouette of a seated wolf—seen from behind on one panel, and from the front on the other. The drawer is bordered by a carved vegetal pattern. The oval keyhole are made of engraved metal with foliage.
Height: 93.5 cm.
Width: 143 cm.
Depth: 52 cm.
Provenance
From the descendants of Louis Hestaux
“EPIS DE BLE” VITRINE, CIRCA 1900
Sculpted walnut, the shelves decorated with wheat stalks in exotic wood marquetry
Signed
185 x 84 x 54 cm
Another example of this design is part of the collections of the Musée d’Orsay, Paris
VITRINE, CIRCA 1900
Decorated with marquetry panels and sculptures
of snails, bats, peacock moth and acanthus leaves,
the base entirely sculpted with bats
Signed
191 x 93 x 50 cm.
Another example
The Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art, Japon, inv. n° ANF-360901
Bibliography
The Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art, Glass, Ceramic and Furniture, Japon, 2010, ill. p. 114 & 115
Georges de Bartha & al, Gallé furniture, Antique collectors club, 2012, ill. p. 299
PAIR OF CORNER VITRINES, CIRCA 1895-1899
Mahogany, light mahogany. The frame, the uprights and panels are delicately sculpted with vegetal stylized trims.
The hingers and keys in gilt bronze with a vegetal design.
200 x 46.5 x 42 cm.
A comparable vitrine at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
Bibliography
La Revue d’Art, 1ère année, November 1899, illustrated on a photograph.
Provenance
Hotel Guimard built in 1910.
Acquired directly by the merchants Plantin and Blondelin in the 1960s.
Pierre Hebey, Paris.
Cabinet d’expertises Camard, 2001.
Paire de vitrines d’encoignures en acajou massif et acajou blond. Le bâti, les montants et les panneaux sont délicatement sculptés de moulures linéaires végétales stylisées. Elles sont surmontées par trois hautes membrures végétales supportant une tablette polylobée. Les charnières et les clés en bronze doré sont à motif végétal. Vers 1895-1899.
200 x 46,5 x 42 cm
Bibliographie
La Revue d’Art, 1ère année, novembre 1899, reproduit sur une photograpie.
Provenance
Hôtel Guimard, construit en 1910
Acquis directement par les marchands Plantin et Blondel dans les années 60.
Pierre Hebey, Paris
Cabinet d’expertises Camard, 2001
“AUX ORCHIDEES” DESK AND ITS ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1903-1905
Mahogany, gilt and chased bronze.
The desk: 95 x 151 x 70 cm.
The armchair: 80 x 77 x 65 cm.
Similar example is to be found at the musée d’Orsay and another one in the Ferdinand Neess’ collection at the Wiesbaden Museum.
Exhibition
Société des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1907
Bibliography
Carl Benno Heller, Art Nouveau Meubles, Imprimerie des Arts et Manufactures, Paris, 1990 Berghaus Verlag, the chair is illustrated p. 85.
Roselyne Bouvier, Majorelle, La Bibliothèque des Arts, Paris, 1991, p. 192, n°208, illustration of the base of the desk at the Musée d’Orsay.
Alastair Duncan, Majorelle, Flammarion, 1991, ill. pl. 48 (example at the musée d’Orsay).
Anne-Marie Quette, Le Mobilier Français Art Nouveau 1900, Massin, 1995, ill. p. 43 (example at the musée d’Orsay).
Gabriele Fahr-Becker, Il Modernismo, h.f. Ullmann, 2004, ill. pp. 118 & 119
Radikal Schön Jugendstil und Symbolismus, Die Sammlung Ferdinand Wolfgang Neess, Wiesbaden Museum, 2019, ill. p. 144
Bureau et son fauteuil, modèle dit : “Aux Orchidées”, vers 1903-1905.
Acajou sculpté, courbaril vernis, cuir estampé, bronzes dorés et ciselés.
95 x 151 x 70 cm
Fauteuil : 80 x 77 x 65 cm
Exposition
Société des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1907.
Bibliographie
Carl Benno Heller “Art Nouveau Meubles”, Imprimerie des Arts et Manufactures, Paris, 1990 Berghaus Verlag, chaise repr. p. 85.
Roselyne Bouvier Majorelle, La Bibliothèque des Arts, Paris, 1991, p. 192, n°208, illustration du piétement du bureau du Musée d’Orsay.
Alastair Duncan Majorelle, Flammarion, 1991, repr. pl. 48 (exemplaire du musée d’Orsay).
Anne-Marie Quette, Le Mobilier Français Art Nouveau 1900, Massin, 1995, repr. p. 43 (exemplaire du musée d’Orsay).
Gabriele Fahr-Becker, Il Modernismo, h.f. Ullmann, 2004, repr. pp. 118 et 119.
CONSOLE, CIRCA 1900
Wood.
95 x 210 x 90 cm.
Commissioned by Gaston Bachelard for their apartment in Paris after the couple has left Nancy.
Console en bois.
95 x 210 x 90 cm
Commandée par Gaston Bachelard pour leur appartement de Paris après que le couple ait quitté Nancy.
DESK, CIRCA 1900
Sculpted pear wood and gilt bronze
131 x 161 x 88 cm.
Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1897 for a variation of this design
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, April1897, the model without the side elements ill. p. 107
Der Modern Stil, Julius Hoffmann éditeur, 1899,
vol. I, ill. pl. 64, for the one exhibited at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
Der Moderne Stil, 1903, ill. pl. 82
FIRESCREEN, CIRCA 1900
Carved walnut with inlaid panels of etched glass with clematis flowers and leaves.
123.5 cm. high; 104.5 cm. wide
Bibliography
Frédéric Descouturelle, Eugène Vallin, Menuisier d’Art de l’Ecole de Nancy, Imprimerie Moderne, Pont-à-Mousson, 1998, a variation of the design ill. p. 209
Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau: The French Aesthetic, Andreas Papadakis publisher, 2002, ill. p. 320
Ecran de cheminée en noyer massif mouluré encadrant un panneau de Gruber en verre de couleur gravé à décor de clématites.
Hauteur : 123,5 cm
Largeur max : 104,5 cm
Bibliographie
Frédéric Descouturelle, Eugène Vallin, Menuisier d’Art de l’Ecole de Nancy, Imprimerie Moderne, Pont-à-Mousson, 1998, forme du modèle reproduite page 209.
Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau – The French Aesthetic, Andreas Papadakis publisher, 2002, rep. p. 320
RARE AND IMPORTANT CABINET, CIRCA 1900
Exotic marquetry inlaid wood, decorated with dragonflies and flowers, the front adorned with a dragonfly in relief
Signed
137 cm. high; 83 cm. wide; 44 cm. deep
Bibliography
Alastar Duncan, Georges de Bartha, Gallé Furniture, Antique Collectors’ club, 2012, ill. p. 292
“AUX CAMPANULES” NEST OF FOUR OCCASIONAL TABLES, CIRCA 1900
Graduated in size, sculpted wood, the tops inlaid in various woods, including rosewood, with magnolia, daisies and other flowers and leaves
Each signed Gallé
The largest: 75 cm. high; 70.5 cm. wide; 42 cm. deep
Bibliography
A table with the same sculpted decor is illustrated in: Gallé furniture, Antique collectors club, 2012,
p. 174
“LA FORÊT LORRAINE” DESK, CIRCA 1900
Exotic marquetry inlaid wood
108 cm. high; 72 cm. wide; 50 cm. deep
Bibliography
An identical model is illustrated in the catalogue L’Ecole de Nancy, Art Nouveau et industrie d’Art, Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, 2018, p. 96
Alastar Duncan, Georges de Bartha, Gallé Furniture, Antique Collectors' club, 2012, ill. p. 239
“OMBELLES” CHAIRS, CIRCA 1900
Pair of carved walnut chairs
Signed
95 x 47 x 43.3 cm
Bibliography
A. Duncan, Art Nouveau furniture, p. 258, pl. 1.
Philippe Garner, Emile Gallé, 1976, p. 23-24, p. 89
Ministère de la Culture – Edition de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Gallé, 1985, pp. 279-280
Bernd Hakenjos, Emile Gallé, catalog, vol. II, p. 174, n. 329
Provenance
Private collection Belgium
RARE CHAIR IN SCULPTED WALNUT, CIRCA 1900
After the design by Louis Hestaux
94 cm. high
Bibliography
Fin de siècle Masterpieces from the Silverman collection, New York, Abbeville Press, p. 75
Gallé furniture, Antique Collectors Club Ltd, 2012, ill. p. 259
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Benedict Silverman, New York
“VOSGES LANDSCAPE AND CLEMATIS” SCREEN, CIRCA 1896
Three-panel screen in molded walnut, featuring medallions in embossed leather with floral decoration, acid-etched glass depicting a Vosges landscape and clematis. The repoussé leather with poppy motifs was executed by Gruber
Clematis was Gruber’s emblem
Signed
Bibliography
Jacques Gruber et l’art Nouveau, Gallimard – Musée de l’École de Nancy, Paris, 2011, a screen with a comparable design is illustrated on page 87
“LA BERCE DES PRES” CABINET, CIRCA 1900
Carved and moulded walnut with vegetal motifs, featuring a marquetry background with cut-out meadow hogweed, marsh irises, and dragonflies. The upper section is decorated with carved umbels
242 × 118 × 54 cm.
Exhibition
Exhibition of the École de Nancy, Paris, 1903
Similar model: Musée de l’École de Nancy (Bequest of Miss Pittet)
“LA BERCE DES PRES” DISPLAY CABINET, CIRCA 1900
Decorated with sculpted umbellifers ; the wall studs of the piece of furniture are in beech ; the stems of the umbels are also in beech, as well as the stems starting from the posterior legs meeting in the middle behind the furniture item ; the lateral shelves in the shape of umbels are in walnut, as well as the sculpted umbels above the piece of furniture ; the top of the item is in elm burl veneer ; on the door, the waterway decor is in Japanese “ toné ”, the decor above this aquatic decoration is in ash.
The interior of the piece of furniture is in flame maple ; two shelves are in maple, they correspond with a superior level of positioning in the furniture item, and a shelf is in pine and corresponds to a positioning in the lower part of the piece of furniture.
158 cm. high; 95 cm. wide; 40 cm. deep
Bibliography
Georges de Bartha, Gallé furniture, 2012, The Antique Collectors’ Club, ill. p. 308, pl. 43 together with Gallé’s sketches
Provenance
To the best of our knowledge, only the Museum of Decorative Arts in Lyon owns an identical example which used to belong to Albert Daigueperce ; Albert Daigueperce (catalogue of the Museum of Nancy, Art Nouveau et industrie d’art, page 118)
“TREFLE” LOWER TABLE, 1913
Padouk wood and walnut with four nesting tables.
70 x 70 cm.
Another example of this design is in the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
Exhibition
SAD, Paris 1913
Bibliography
M. P.-Verneuil, Le Salon de la Société des Artistes Décorateurs, Art et Décoration, January 1913, p. 96
Laurence Buffet-Challié, Le Modern Style, Baschet et Cie éditeurs, Paris, n.d., ill. p. 53
Anne-Marie Quette, Le Mobilier Français – Art Nouveau 1900, éditions Massin, 1995, ill. p. 57
Table à thé formant gigogne en bois de padouk et placage de noyer à quatre éléments amovibles, plateau circulaire de forme mouvementée, quatre tables gigognes à plateau triangulaire, piétement ajouré et rainuré sur sa face extérieure.
70 x 70 cm
Modèle identique au Musée des Arts Décoratifs.
Exposition
SAD, Paris 1913
Bibliographie
M. P.-Verneuil, Le Salon de la Société des Artistes Décorateurs en 1913, dans Art et Décoration, janvier 1913, p. 96
Laurence Buffet-Challié, Le Modern Style, Baschet et Cie, éditeurs, Paris, n.d., ensemble rep. p. 53
Anne-Marie Quette, Le Mobilier Français – Art Nouveau 1900, 1995 éditions Massin, repr. p. 57
“BERCE DES PRES” LADIES DESK, CIRCA 1900
Variation of “Les Ombellules” desk exhibited at the Exposition Universelle of 1900
Exotic marquetry inlaid wood, with botanical decor
With its key in gilt bronze
Signed GALLE
Bearing a paper label from the 1950/1960s on which can be read “N°7399 – Salle des Ventes – Santé
Frères et Cie – Pau » with the lot number, its description, the name of the buyer and the price
(the company Santé Frères et Cie put an end to its public sales in 1970)
157 cm. high ; 77 cm. wide ; 55 cm. deep
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900. A design, which can be compared to our desk, titled “Les Ombellules” by Emile Gallé himself in a publication at the time, was shown by the artist during the event.
Musée d’Orsay, Paris. A “Les Ombellules” desk, comparable to ours, is in the collection of the Musée d’Orsay (inventory OAO 1467 coming from the Rispal donation)
Provenance
This desk was acquired by the former owner at a public auction in the 1950/1960s from the Salle des Ventes Santé Frères et Cie, rue Emile Garet in Pau. This company, which started out with public auction sales, simultaneously as a transporter, right after the post-war years, enrolled a notary or a court bailiff, but lost the office in 1970 when the French government appointed a ministerial officer as an auctioneer in Pau.
“AUX FOUGERES” AND “AUX ESCARGOTS” SALON, CIRCA 1900
Mahogany, comprising :
A sofa, two armchairs and two chairs
Armchairs: 116 cm. high – seating area: 77 cm. large x 80 cm. deep
Chairs: 101 cm. high – seating area: 46 x 46 cm.
Sofa: 135 cm. large x 74 cm. deep
VERY RARE STORAGE CABINET, CIRCA 1897
Marquetry panels decorated with irises
Rounded shape and shelves on the side, four drawers, handles in bronze
With its key
Signed in marquetry on a leaf at the bottom to the right
130 cm. high; 80 cm. wide; 35 cm. deep
Early Gallé work, never seen on the market
Not recorded in major contemporary books on Gallé
SELLETTE, CIRCA 1900
Walnut
Height: 116 cm
Length: 30 cm
Depth: 30 cm
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.
DRESSING TABLE, CIRCA 1900
Carved wood with a vegetal decor
146 cm. high
Bibliography
Laurence Buffet-Challié Le Modern Style, Baschet & Cie, éditeurs, n.d., ill. p. 66, falsely attributed to Georges Hoentschel
Coiffeuse en noyer ciré teinté et érable blanc sculpté d’un décor végétal
Hauteur de la table : 75,5 cm
Hauteur totale : 146 cm
Largeur max. du plateau : 90 cm
Bibliographie
Laurence Buffet-Challié, Le Modern Style, Baschet & Cie, éditeurs, n.d., repr. p. 66, faussement attribué à Georges Hoentschel
