VICTOR PROUVE – THREE-LEAF SCREEN, 1903
THREE-LEAF SCREEN, 1903
The panel in lacquered wood is engraved with trees and branches
Signed V. Prouvé and dated 1903
107 x 102 cm.
EMILE GALLE – “LA BERCE DES PRES” DISPLAY CABINET, CIRCA 1900
“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)
WALL SHELF, CIRCA 1900
WALL SHELF, CIRCA 1900
Sculpted oak, repoussé leather panel with mountain landscape decor
Bearing a monogramm
55 x 78 cm.
LOUIS MAJORELLE – “AUX ORCHIDEES” DESK AND IT’S ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1903-1905
“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
HECTOR GUIMARD (1867-1942) – PAIR OF CORNER VITRINES, CIRCA 1895-1899
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
EUGENE VALLIN – RARE MANTLEPIECE MIRROR FRAME, CIRCA 1900
RARE MANTLEPIECE MIRROR FRAME, CIRCA 1900
Carved wood and gilt stucco designed as “laser ribolum” leaves
174 x 110 cm.
Restored
Bibliography
Frédéric Descouturelles, Eugène Vallin Menuisier d’art de l’école de Nancy, imprimerie moderne, December 1998, ill. p. 84
EUGENE VALLIN – CONSOLE, CIRCA 1900
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.
EUGENE VALLIN – JACQUES GRUBER – FIRESCREEN, CIRCA 1900
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
EUGENE GAILLARD – “TREFLE” LOWER TABLE, 1913
“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
EMILE GALLE – “AUX CAMPANULES” NEST OF FOUR OCCASIONAL TABLES, CIRCA 1900
“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
GEORGES DE FEURE – THREE-LEAF SCREEN, CIRCA 1899
THREE-LEAF SCREEN, CIRCA 1899
Rosewood and embroidered felt. Carved Art Nouveaud design
The panels in green felt, decoration of stylized water lilies
135 cm. high
137 cm. wide
EMILE GALLE – RARE AND IMPORTANT CABINET, CIRCA 1900
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
EMILE GALLE – “BERCE DES PRES” LADIES DESK, CIRCA 1900
“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.
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 – “LA FORÊT LORRAINE” DESK, CIRCA 1900
“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
EMILE GALLE – “OMBELLES” CHAIRS, CIRCA 1900
“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
EMILE GALLE – “AUX LIBELLULES ET PAPILLONS” CONSOLE, CIRCA 1900
“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
EMILE GALLE – LOUIS HESTAUX – RARE CHAIR IN SCULPTED WALNUT, CIRCA 1900
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
EMILE GALLE – “EPIS DE BLE” VITRINE, CIRCA 1900
“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
EDWARD COLONNA – ART NOUVEAU BING – SALON SUITE, CIRCA 1900
SALON SUITE, CIRCA 1900
Carved mahogany; comprising:
One sofa, two armchairs, two chairs
The sofa: 93 cm. high; 161.5 cm. wide
Each armchair: 101 cm. high; 64 cm. wide
Each chair: 92.5 cm. high; 46 cm. wide
Exhibition
Another example of this salon suite was exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universelle, Paris, in Siegfried Bing’s pavilion, L’Art Nouveau Bing, with a multitude of artworks including jewellery by Edward Colonna and other furniture and decorative objects by Georges de Feure, Eugène Gaillard and Marcel Bing
TONY SELMERSHEIM – CHARLES PLUMET – DISPLAY TABLE, TWO CHAIRS AND TWO ARMCHAIRS, 1899
DISPLAY TABLE, TWO CHAIRS AND TWO ARMCHAIRS, 1899
Ash and maple veneer
The table: 76 cm. high; 112.7 cm. long; 58.2 cm. deep
Each chair: 92.5 cm. high; 45.5 cm. wide
Each armchair: 96 cm. high; 67.7 cm. wide
Bibliography
L’Art Décoratif, November 1899, the table and a chair ill. p. 70
Provenance
Specially commissioned by the menswear shop “Roddy”, corner of the boulevard des Italiens and rue Drouot in Paris
EUGENE GAILLARD – ART NOUVEAU BING – CHAIR, CIRCA 1900
CHAIR, CIRCA 1900
Carved walnut, tooled, embossed and patinated leather
The model was first presented in the Art Nouveau Bing pavillon at the Exposition Universelle of 1900
105.5 cm. high
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, August 1900, ill. p. 43 (the leather with a different design)
Renate Ulmer, Art Nouveau Symbolismus und Jugendstil in Frankreich, Arnoldsche, 1999, ill. p. 144, n. 132 (the leather with a different design)
LOUIS MAJORELLE – “AUX FOUGERES” AND “AUX ESCARGOTS” SALON, CIRCA 1900
“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
LEON BENOUVILLE – TABLE, CIRCA 1901-1902
TABLE, CIRCA 1901-1902
Mahogany, marquetry and brass table with a floral decor in marquetry
91 cm. high
73 cm. wide
52 cm. deep
Bibliography
Alastair Duncan, Fin de siècle masterpieces from the Silverman collection, 1989, similar example ill. p. 118, n. 58
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 BERNAUX – GRANDFATHER CLOCK, CIRCA 1910
GRANDFATHER CLOCK, CIRCA 1910
Carved wood with bronze handles
Bearing the artist’s monogram on the upper door and signed in full on the side
222 cm. high
53 cm. wide
32 cm. deep
EMILE GALLE – VITRINE, CIRCA 1900
VITRINE, CIRCA 1900
Mahogany with a marquetry decoration of apple blossoms
150 x 40 x 30 cm.
TONY SELMERSHEIM – CHARLES PLUMET – DESK, CIRCA 1900
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
GEORGES DE FEURE – L’ART NOUVEAU BING – ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1900
ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1900
Walnut
Bibliography
Meubles de style moderne à l’Exposition Universelle de 1900, Sections française et étrangères,
published under the direction of Th. Lambert, architect, Charles Schmidt éditor, Paris, nd. ill. pl. 17, fig. 2
Ian Millman Georges de Feure Maître du symbolisme et de l’art nouveau, ACR édition, Paris, ill. p. 155
Art Nouveau: An Architectural Indulgence, New Architecture 6 October 2000, Andreas Papadakis publisher,
in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, ill. p. 67
84 cm. high
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle of 1900, Paris
MAISON SOUBRIER – DRESSING TABLE, CIRCA 1900
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
LOUIS MAJORELLE – GUERIDON, CIRCA 1900
GUERIDON, CIRCA 1900
Walnut, decorated with inlaid water leaves patterns
Inlaid signature L. Majorelle
77 cm. high
77 cm. diameter
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 – GUERIDON “AUX OMBELLES”, CIRCA 1900
GUERIDON “AUX OMBELLES”, CIRCA 1900
Sculpted, walnut and exotic wood marquetry
Signed
76 cm. high
The top shelf: 47 x 81 cm.
EMILE GALLE – VITRINE, CIRCA 1900
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
EMILE GALLE – GUERIDON, CIRCA 1900
GUERIDON, CIRCA 1900
Walnut, the top inlaid
Signed
73 cm. high