Cabinet Doors & Fronts · Art Nouveau
Émile Gallé "Ombellifères" (Cow Parsley) Hanging Cabinet (c. 1900)
A small hanging cabinet by Émile Gallé from about 1900, with a carved crest of cow parsley silhouettes and marquetry on the door.
Design characteristics
Émile Gallé, the founder of the Nancy school, was a passionate botanist, and his furniture often celebrates a single plant. Here the crest is carved with the umbrella-shaped flower heads of cow parsley, and the door carries marquetry of the same plant. The cabinet is modest in size, about 40 inches tall, which makes it a practical reference for a wall cabinet in a bathroom, kitchen or entry.
Classification
- Style
- Art Nouveau
- Category
- Cabinet Doors & Fronts
- Motifs
- Marquetry, Floral carving
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Maker or designer
- Emile Gallé
- Recorded medium
- Case and carved elements: Beech (stained) Back: Plywood (veneered with Zebrano) Veneer on Door: Different types of Maple (maple-curly, tiger-maple, maple-quilted, birds eye), European Chestnut, Satinwood, Walnut
- Dimensions
- 40 × 49 5/16 × 11 5/8 in., 37 lb. (101.6 × 125.3 × 29.5 cm, 16.8 kg)
- Evidence
- Documented historical object
Architectural context
Whiplash curves, botanical carving and woodwork that flows into the structure. Europe · c. 1890–1910.
