"Emile Gallé Marquetry Tea Table "
Art Nouveau tea table Emile Gallé (1846 - 1904) Oval shape with quadrilobed contours, double tops, marquetry decoration of Viburnum Snowball 'Roseum' and butterflies, marquetry and incised signature E.Gallé on the upper top. Curved and molded walnut legs, the decoration is in marquetry of different fruit woods, and species such as maple, ash and rosewood with contrasting veins. Period around 1900. Similar model in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay Dimensions H. 78.0; W. 80; D. 52.0 cm