Emile Gallé - “Umbels and dragonfly” Art Nouveau desk

Exceptional solid walnut desk, molded and finely carved, decorated with meadowsweet. Top richly inlaid with umbels and a dragonfly in flight on a background of Rio and Burmese rosewood. It opens with three small drawers on the top and a drawer on the belt. The asymmetrical frame features lateral storage compartments with cut-outs echoing the decoration, bronze knobs, two small old veneer grafts on the top shelf and xylophagous holes that have been treated and filled. Rare model, superb patina!
Emile Gallé in Nancy
Art Nouveau period