
Émile Gallé is largely considered to be one of the driving forces behind the entirety of the Art Nouveau movement in France and abroad. His designs, combined with innovative techniques, made him one of the pioneering glass makers of his generation. His glassmaking and artistic style was influential to other top Art Nouveau artists of the time, with pieces that revolutionized the art of glassmaking by combining techniques such as enameling, cameo, inlay, and more. Nature was his main source of inspiration, each piece featuring the balances of the natural world, and with a genius to seize the accidental and use it. Gallé moved to open a small woodworkers shop in 1885, where he began experimenting in marquetry designs in furniture of his own. The plants that adorn his pieces are highly varied, and insects were a frequent theme, with many of his pieces containing butterflies, dragonflies, and beetles. Determined to make Art Nouveau style known worldwide, he founded the “École de Nancy” to promote the Art Nouveau style, and create a union between art and industry. His artwork lives on in almost every museum around the world.
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Émile Gallé "Thistle" Fruitwood Marquetry Games Table
$35,000| /This playful French Art Nouveau games table by Émile Gallé, features inlaid fruitwood marquetry depicting thistles and playing card suit symbols. T...
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Émile Gallé Wooden "Bananie" Pedestal
$45,000| /This noteworthy "Bananie," or "Banana," carved wood selette pedestal, by Émile Gallé, displays an uniquely beautiful construction, with a defining ...
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Émile Gallé "Chardons des Sables" Chest of Drawers
$65,000| /This "Chardons des Sables," or "Sand Thistle," multi-wood chest of drawers, by Émile Gallé, is a moving meditation on the artist's own mortality. T...
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Émile Gallé French Walnut "Libellules" Two-Tiered Table
$135,000| /This two-tiered, three-legged French walnut table with "Libellules," or "Dragonflies," as carved and fruitwood marquetry decoration, by Émile Gallé...
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Émile Gallé "Grenouilles" Fruitwood Cabinet
$75,000| /This French Art Nouveau "Grenouilles" carved fruitwood cabinet by Émile Gallé features detailed and masterful marquetry depicting dragonflies and m...
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Émile Gallé Fruitwood Marquetry Games Table
$27,500| /This French Art Nouveau games table by Emile Gallé, featuring inlaid fruitwood marquetry depicting a charming arrangement of thistles and card suit...
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Émile Gallé Carved French Walnut and Fruitwood Marquetry Pedestal
$34,500| /This French Art Nouveau pedestal by Émile Gallé is a rare and beautiful piece. Gallé made very few pedestals of this quality and design during his ...
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Émile Gallé "Tale of Genji" Chest of Drawers
$27,500| /This remarkable French Art Nouveau chest of drawers, by Émile Gallé, features walnut and fruitwood marquetry inspired by the "Tale of Genji." This ...
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Émile Gallé French Walnut and Fruitwood Marquetry Two-Tiered Pedestal
$17,500| /This Art Nouveau two-tiered French walnut square pedestal with carved and fruitwood marquetry decoration, by Émile Gallé, has two shelves, each wit...
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Émile Gallé Glass Marquetry "Crocus" Vase
$145,000| /A marquetry glass vase by Émile Gallé, this unique piece features a delicate, nearly translucent arrangement of crocus flowers in hues of orange an...
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Émile Gallé Glass Bowl with Walnut Foot
$45,000| /This whimsical glass bowl by Émile Gallé, featuring a multicolored pinched-sided glass bowl in yellow, purple, and green, is charming with its dimp...
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Émile Gallé "Rose de France" Glass Vase
$375,000| /With its astonishing depth and delicacy, Émile Gallé's mastery of the incredible practice of glass marquetry is on full display in this notable Art...
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Émile Gallé “Épis de Blé” Server
$175,000| /Rare, important and well renowned, this visually exciting and weighty piece, a server of monumental proportions, by Émile Gallé has and will be cel...
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Émile Gallé "Ombelliféres" Fruitwood Marquetry Vitrine
$39,500| /This "Ombelliféres" vitrine, by Émile Gallé, crafted from carved and fruitwood inlaid marquetry, sits on four sinuously carved feet. This masterpie...
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