Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904) Les Trois-Épis" chair from the salon known as "Les Champs", model created in 1898, in moulded and carved walnut with a straight back, hollowed out and carved with three ears of wheat and a rounded top. Corner legs with sabre back and scrolled front. Seat covered in green shorn velvet. Signed with the Gallé hot iron on the central finial of the back. H. 111.5 cm - W. 44.5 cm - D. 47.5 cm AM History: the "Les Champs" salon was presented at the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition. An identical chair is in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris (inv. OAO 5971). Bibliography: Émile Gallé, "Le Mobilier contemporain orné d'après la nature", Revue des arts décoratifs, Paris, 1900, model referenced and reproduced on p. 333. Marc Bascou, Marie-Madeleine Massé & Philippe Thiébaut, Musée d'Orsay Catalogue sommaire illustré des arts décoratifs, Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1988, model referenced and reproduced p.107.