ÉMILE GALLÉ, THE HORROR CHEST OF DRAWERS, Art Nouveau

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ÉMILE GALLÉ, THE HORROR CHEST OF DRAWERS, Art Nouveau

Name: ÉMILE GALLÉ, THE HORROR CHEST OF DRAWERS, Art Nouveau
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: HMU9K5TPBB
Price: 28000 EUR
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28.000 €

Period 20th century

Style Art Nouveau

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Wood & marquetry
Date: 1902
Dimensions: 84 x 107 x 63 cm
Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904) La Berce des près, 1902,
The only known copy to date

Exceptional chest of drawers, called Sauteuse, in ash veneer and carved and stained beech. The suspended body receives the two drawers with a decoration on the front, of Berces des près bordering a marsh with water lilies and animated by a frog, made in marquetry of precious and indigenous woods. The openwork and carved belt takes up the decorative theme of umbellifers. The four corner jambs are treated and carved in the arborescent taste of the stems of the hogweed. The top consists of a scalloped overflowing tray. The paneled back is made of walnut. Condition and restorations of use.
Signed GALLÉ in vertical Japanese letters in the marquetry decoration.

Important:
From the series of furniture La Berce des près by Émile Gallé, only this model of chest of drawers had escaped any iconography, ancient or modern. Until today, only the preparatory drawings of the piece of furniture, some of its details and the execution tracing of the marquetry decoration were known, all of these documents being kept at the Musée d’Orsay.

Bibliography:
“Gallé Furniture” by Alastair Duncan and Georges de Bartha. Éditions Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, U. K., 2012. The preparatory drawing and the execution tracing of the marquetry decoration of this model of chest of drawers, two documents kept at the Musée d’Orsay, are reproduced on page 330.

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Additional Information

Condition	Very good
Style	Art Nouveau (Furniture Dressers of Art Nouveau Style)
Period	20th century (Furniture Dressers 20th century)
Country of origin	France
Artist	Émile Gallé
Cabinetmaker	Émile Gallé
Width (cm)	107
Height (cm)	84
Depth (cm)	63
Materials	Wood
Internal reference	606