Art Nouveau Sellette by Gaillard

A French Art Nouveau marquetry commode by Émile Gallé. With original key. Circa 1890. The syncretic influence of Japanese art is keenly felt in Gallé's commode. The beginning of Galle's fascination with Japanese art can be traced back to his friendship with Hokkai Takashima (1850-1931), a fellow botanist and member of the École de Nancy. Their botanical dialogue was facilitated by the Shokobutsu mei-i, a book of Japanese names for botanical species. It is from Hokkai that Gallé gained a spiritual and symbolic understanding of nature. Along with other École de Nancy artists, Hokkai and Gallé exhibited together in the display window of René Wiener's papeterie. The store served as the office of Wiener's arts journal, the Nancy artiste, which regularly featured on its covers contemporary examples of Gansai (Japanese watercolor), Byōbu (folding screens) from the Rinpa school, Sumi-e (ink painting), and Ukiyo-e (woodblock prints). As a show of gratitude, Hokkai bequeathed a vast art book collection to Wiener. It is from this record that we know with certainty of which Japanese artists Gallé had knowledge. One of the books in Hokkai's collection was Hokusai's Les cent paysages du Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei.) This 1835 expansion of Hokusai's 36 views of Mount Fuji...

A French Art Nouveau mahogany salon table with fruitwood marquetry by Louis Majorelle. The table top is decorated with leaves and vines. The legs have carved flowers, circa 1900. ...

A French Art Nouveau "Femme à la Coloquinte," glazed ceramic inkwell by François-Rupert Carabin. The inkwell feature a nude woman embracing an unusually large gourd, circa 1900. A s...

A French enameled and etched glass vase with applied handles by Daum. The vase has a pink martelé background. There is carving on the dark green footed base. It is decorated with lig...

A French Art Nouveau two-tiered square pedestal with carved and marquetry decoration by Emile Gallé. The pedestal has two marquetry shelves depicting leaves. Its four sinuous legs ar...

A triangluar French Art Nouveau table by Louis Majorelle. This two-tiered triangular table is made of mahogany. Its carved legs are finished with gilt bronze sabots, circa 1910. A s...

Exquisite & most rare! This French Art Nouveau wall shelf designed by art nouveau grandmaster Eugene Gaillard circa 1900. Superb organic design...

Art nouveau carved wall cabinet in excellent original condition.

Bookcase with adjustable shelves and two drawers with hand-cut dove-tails in all four corners.

A set of two Art Nouveau flower stands in solid walnut. The flower stands also have a shelf at the bottom. On two sides of the stands there ar...

Rare Art Nouveau bentwood étagère made by the famous company of Thonet, the epitome of bentwood furniture, circa 1905 in Vienna or Austria. This large...

French Art Nouveau étagère, Corner shelve from a pharmacy (meuble de métier) Dimensions between two shelves: 11.42 in. Very good condition For shipping: 122 x 40 x 48 cm 26 ...