Tea Table - Emile Gallé (1846-1904)

Tea table with walnut structure, two trays inlaid with different species. Lateral base forming stylized basket incised with plant motifs, ears and coils. Fluted spacer forming X stretched, fixation reinforced by trunnions. Rectangular plateaux lightened in arches in the corners and edged with a large flat rim forming a gallery. Inlaid lower tray with large plant motifs and water sheets. Top shelf with inlaid decoration, in the foreground, sparrows and leaves of water, and in the background, fieldwork on a village background. Fluted tray supports and carved with a stylized rosette. Light bores visible on the bottom shelf. Inlaid signature "Gallé". Circa 1900. Reference: Gallé Furniture by Alastair Duncan and Georges de Bartha, model reproduced on page 143. Haut. 86 cm - Length 86 cm - Width 61cm