Lot n° 218
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Émile GALLÉ (1846 - 1904) - Lot 218
Émile GALLÉ (1846 - 1904)
Folding games table, circa 1902-1904, in molded cedar and walnut with marquetry of different species, with a square top opening with a drawer in the waist, decorated on the outside with magnolia branches and on the inside with chestnut leaves, a butterfly and the symbols of the four card colors. Corner base with grooved curved legs (small chips, scratches, stains, discoloration, wear). Gilded metal flower-shaped pull.
Signed in the top marquetry.
Height 76 cm - Length 58 cm - 114 cm (open) - Depth 58 cm
History: a similar model is in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris (inv. n°OAO 1469).
Bibliography: Alastair Duncan, Georges de Bartha, Gallé furniture, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 2012, model referenced n°8 and reproduced p. 134.
Collectif, Un ensemble Art Nouveau: la donation Rispal, Musée d'Orsay & Flammarion, Paris, 2006, model referenced n°19 and reproduced p. 60.
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