Emile Galle
Marquetry Fleur d'Eau table from the 1900 Paris Exposition


France, 1900
mahogany, mixed wood inlay
29.5 h × 39.5 w × 19 d in (75 × 100 × 48 cm)

Marquetry signature and inscription to top 'Galle Exposition 1900 La musique de l'eau des feuilles et du ciel, Maurice Bouchard'. The inscription translates to "The music of the water, of the leaves, and the sky."

Provenance: Autrefois, Nancy | Private Collection, Ohio

Exhibited: Exposition Universelle, 1900, Paris | Art Nouveau in France and Belgium, 26 March - 27 June 1976, Rice University Institute for the Arts, Houston (traveled to the Art Institute of Chicago)

Literature: La Lorraine, November 1900, pg. 115 Art Nouveau Belgium France, Brunhammer, pg. 223 The Lines of Art Nouveau, Houk, pg. 17 Galle Furniture, Duncan and de Bartha, pg. 60 illustrate this example

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