Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904) Medallion chair "Le merisier de Sainte-Lucie" - circa 1890 Cherrywood frame, escutcheon back decorated with flower inlays, original seat upholstered in stained kid leather Apocryphal signature 91.2 × 37 × 45.5 cm Source : Sale from the estate of Jean Bourgogne, the only grandson of Émile Gallé Ader, 20 March 2009 in Paris, lot no. 65 History : Model exhibited at the Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1900, upholstered in embossed velvet Bibliography : Gallé, Mobilier Contemporain, 1900, p.337 Louis de Fourcaud, Émile Gallé, Les Artistes de tous les temps, Série D -