Emile Gallé, Art Nouveau Set of Nesting Tables Four Seasons, Signed Galle
View Similar Items
Emile Gallé, Art Nouveau Set of Nesting Tables Four Seasons, Signed Galle
About the Item
- Creator:Émile Gallé (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 30.71 in (78 cm)Width: 24.02 in (61 cm)Depth: 16.93 in (43 cm)
- Style:Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:1900-1909
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1900
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Salzburg, AT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU231136157533
Émile Gallé
“Art for art’s sake” was a belief strongly espoused by the celebrated French designer and glassworker Émile Gallé. Through his ethereal glass vases, other vessels and lamps, which he adorned with botanical and religious motifs, Gallé advanced the Art Nouveau ideology and led the modern renaissance of French glass.
Gallé was the son of successful faience and furniture maker Charles Gallé but studied philosophy and botany before coming to glassmaking later in life. The young Gallé’s expertise in botany, however, would inform his design style and become his signature for generations to come.
After learning the art of glassmaking, Gallé went to work at his father’s factory in Nancy. He initially created clear glass objects but later began to experiment with layering deeply colored glass.
While glassmakers on Murano had applied layers of glass and color on decorative objects before Gallé had, he was ever-venturesome in his northeastern France, taking advantage of defects that materialized during his processes and etching in natural forms like insects such as dragonflies, marine life, the sun, vines, fruits and flowers modeled from local specimens.
Gallé is also credited with reviving cameo glass, a glassware style that originated in Rome. He used cabochons, which were applied raised-glass decorations colored with metallic oxides and made to resemble rich jeweling. Gallé's cameo glass vases and vessels were widely popular at the Paris Exhibition of 1878, cementing his position as a talented designer and pioneer.
During the late 19th century, Gallé led breakthroughs in mass production and employed hundreds of artisans in his workshop.
Botany and nature remained great sources of inspiration for the artist's glassmaking — just as they had for other Art Nouveau designers. From approximately 1890 to 1910, the movement’s talented designers produced furniture, glass and architecture in the form of — or adorned with — gently intertwining trees, flowers and vines. But Gallé had many interests, such as Eastern art and ceramics. The Japanese collection he visited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (then the South Kensington Museum) during the 1870s had made an impression too.
Breaking free from the rigid Victorian traditions, Gallé infused new life and spirit into the art and design of his time through exquisitely crafted glass vessels and pioneering new glassworking techniques.
Find a collection of Émile Gallé vases and other furniture and decorative objects on 1stDibs.
- Amazing set of Art Nouveau Nesting Tables by Emile Galle ''Thistle'' 1905 WalnutBy Émile GalléLocated in Ijzendijke, NLA set of four French Art Nouveau nesting tables by Emile Gallé decorated with fruitwood marquetry in a motif of carlile thistle and butterflies. Each table represents a different sta...Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
MaterialsWood, Walnut
$53,133 / setFree Shipping - Set of 4 Art Nouveau Gallé Dragonfly Nesting TablesBy Émile GalléLocated in Saverne, Grand EstRare set of 4 nesting tables all signed "Gallé" with dragonfly decorations resting on openwork, molded and carved bases. The marquetry compositions are of great finesse. The table wi...Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
MaterialsWalnut
- Extremely Rare Nest of Four Emile Galle Specimen Wood Tables Art Nouveau 4By Émile GalléLocated in GBWe are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare nest of four fully restored Emile Galle Nancy sample wood tables If you are looking at this listing then the chance are ...Category
Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
MaterialsOak
- Emile Gallé Art Nouveau Marquetry Nest of Four Tables Seascape Boats, Circa 1900By Émile GalléLocated in Norwich, GBSuperb French Art Nouveau nest of tables with graduated tops, having specimen wood inlays with nautical themes of Brittany. Each table signed in marquetry, 'Gallé'. Circa 1900. Each table top is a work of art in its own right, a fabulous series representing seascapes of Brittany in specimen woods. Raised on beechwood chamfered openwork supports, united by stretchers. The main table shows a coastal landscape. The second having boats near the coastline, a lighthouse in the distance. The third, sailing boats at sea with light reflections. The fourth, Breton women in a rowing boat with light reflection, a gull in the foreground. The tables are in very good condition and have their original finish which has been lightly restored, cleaned and wax polished. Showing some age and use related patina marks to the tops. The top table has a few areas of inlay which have raised very slightly, please refer to photographs 17, 18 and 19. They are not loose, and it does not affect the table's use in any way. One of the legs has moved with age, as shown in the last photograph. This however is solid and does not affect the stability of the table. Emile Gallé (1846 – 1904) was one of the most important French designers of the Art Nouveau period. His career took off after his work received praise at the Paris Exhibition of 1878. Within a decade of another successful showing at the Paris Exhibition of 1889, Gallé had reached international fame and his style, with its emphasis on naturalism and floral motifs, was at the forefront of the emerging Art Nouveau movement. In 1901, together with Victor Prouvé, Louis Majorelle, Antonin Daum and Eugène Vallin...Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
MaterialsBeech
$6,935 Sale Price / set39% Off - Extremely Rare Nest of Emile Galle circa 1900 Specimen Wood Tables Art NouveauBy Émile GalléLocated in GBWe are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare Emile Galle nest of three sample wood tables If you are looking at this listing then the chance ...Category
Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
MaterialsSatinwood
- Set of Four French Art Nouveau Nesting TablesLocated in Antwerp, BESet off four French Art Nouveau nesting tables,late 19th or early 20th century. Dimensions; 56 x 39 x 74 cm. 49 x 36 x 72 cm. 42 x 32 x 70 cm. 36 x 29 x 68 cm.Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
MaterialsWood
$1,553 / set