Lot Essay
Beyond this example only three other versions are hitherto recorded, all in private collections.
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RARE LIBELLULE CABINET, CIRCA 1900
Details
EMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904)
RARE LIBELLULE CABINET, CIRCA 1900
rosewood, walnut, inlaid with fruitwoods, bronze pulls
93 1/8 in. (236.5 cm.) high; 49 5/8 in. (126 cm.) wide; 26 5/8 in. (57.5 cm.) deep
inlaid mark Gallé
RARE LIBELLULE CABINET, CIRCA 1900
rosewood, walnut, inlaid with fruitwoods, bronze pulls
93 1/8 in. (236.5 cm.) high; 49 5/8 in. (126 cm.) wide; 26 5/8 in. (57.5 cm.) deep
inlaid mark Gallé
Literature
Alastair Duncan, Art Nouveau Furniture, London, 1982, p. 74 (design illustrated)
Special notice
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