Calla Lily Carved Fruitwood Wall Shelf

This French Art Nouveau carved fruitwood wall shelf features a central wall plaque decorated with intricate carvings of a stylized calla lily, from which two side shelves emerge, with a third shelf is found at its base. The central plaque features not only an incredible rendering of a beautiful flower, but also wonderful striation motifs broken into small vignettes, which, when taken as a whole, resemble the interior structure of a great, Gothic Cathedral. The composition is completed by two sinuous arms that reach from the base to the two upper shelves, uniting the piece as a whole.