Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Folding Marquetry Table, c.1900, in warm walnut with superb naturalistic floral and butterfly marquetry. The rectangular top folds vertically, revealing an elegant carved and pierced Art Nouveau base with curved supports, stretchers and scrolling feet. Signed “Gallé” in the marquetry. A particularly decorative and unusual piece, characteristic of Gallé’s fascination with flora and insects

H 78 / L 72 / W 52cm. 

£1,800