Emile GALLE (1846-1904) Lot n° 184

"Dragonflies circa 1900-1903 Upper part of a walnut cabinet carved with interlacing and fluted tubular uprights opening with a glass door and a side shelf presenting an inlaid background in exotic wood with a rich decoration of a forest landscape and butterflies in flight. It features a rounded pediment carved with dragonflies in flight. 140 x 37 x 120 cm (wear and missing veneer) As a non-original lower part, we enclose a partially carved stained-wood chest of drawers opening to a drawer and an exotic wood marquetry door with floral motifs. 78 x82 x50 cm (wear) Bibliography - Alastair Duncan: "Gallé Furniture", Antique Collectors Club, 2012, two similar high-part models reproduced on page 289, plates 3 and 4.