ÉTABLISSEMENTS GALLÉ (1904-1936 )Chestnut leavesSaddle with a crotch top, in stained, carved, moulded and ribbed beech. The four naturalistic jambs accommodate the crotch tray with curvilinear buttresses. The two trays, with their molded edges, are decorated with marquetry of precious and indigenous woods. Restorations, accidents and missing pieces. Signed GALLÉ, in marquetry on the crotch tray. H. 114 cm - W. 41 cm - D. 41 cmBibliography : Alastair Duncan and Georges de Bartha - Gallé Furniture - Editions Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K., 2012 . Identical model reproduced on page 253.