"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.
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