"Emile Gallé Art Nouveau Showcase With Umbels, In Walnut"
Rare showcase with umbels in molded and carved walnut, opening with a glass door revealing two staggered staggered shelves. Side panels, front and interior with inlaid decoration of flowers and butterflies. It rests on a curved quadripod base with ribbed moulding. The cutting top is surmounted by an openwork gallery decorated with carved umbels. Signed "Gallé" in the door panel. Circa 1900, art nouveau period. Good condition. Bibliography: Françoise-Thérèse Charpentier and Philippe Thiébaut, "Gallé", editions of the RMN, Paris, 1985, similar model reproduced on page 272. Alastair Duncan, Georges de Bartha, Gallé furniture, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 2012, similar model referenced and reproduced p. 307.