Live Auction 757820th Century Decorative Art & Design
EMILE GALLÉ
Lot 1

EMILE GALLÉ

LIBELLULES GUERIDON, AFTER 1897

Closed30 April 2008

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GBP 31,700

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EMILE GALLÉ
LIBELLULES GUERIDON, AFTER 1897
carved walnut, the top of each tier inlaid with mahogany and various fruitwoods
30 in. (76.2 cm.) high; 25½ in. (64.7 cm.) wide
inlaid signature Gallé

Specialist note

This design met with derision when it was discussed in Le Figaro in response to the table's innaugral showing at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1898. Critics viewed the table as too revolutionary in design in comparison to the prevailing taste for traditional historicist styles.