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Emile Gallé, Dragonfly Shelf, Art Nouveau Furniture
Dragonfly, lousewort and bladderwort.
Carved and ribbed walnut collector's shelf, decorated with plant motifs and a dragonfly in high relief. The shelves are fixed by curvilinear foliage, with a marquetry of precious and native woods representing arrowheads and bladderworts. The top incorporates a mirror back and decorative cut-outs.
Signed GALLÉ.
Bibliography: ‘Gallé Furniture’ by A. Duncan and G. de Bartha. Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, U. K., 2012, page 292.
Carved and ribbed walnut collector's shelf, decorated with plant motifs and a dragonfly in high relief. The shelves are fixed by curvilinear foliage, with a marquetry of precious and native woods representing arrowheads and bladderworts. The top incorporates a mirror back and decorative cut-outs.
Signed GALLÉ.
Bibliography: ‘Gallé Furniture’ by A. Duncan and G. de Bartha. Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, U. K., 2012, page 292.
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