Eugène Gaillard (1862–1933) was a French Art Nouveau industrial designer, architect and advocate of modern design.[1] Gaillard abandoned a career in law for that of interior design and decoration. He was employed for some time by Siegfried Bing along with Georges de Feure and Edouard Colonna to work on his pavilion at the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition. Reference: Wikipedia
Below are some examples and price guides of some Art Nouveau items by Eugène Gaillard including mahogany sideboard and French pear wood settee.
EUGÈNE GAILLARD SIDEBOARD circa 1900 mahogany, burled wood veneer, thuya wood, marble, bronze, mirrored glass
Sold for 18,750 USD at Sotheby’s in 2019
Gaillard’s success in flat pattern design can be seen in the sinuous forms with which he decorated the back of this chair. He believed that ornament should be inspired by nature, but that designers should not simply copy natural forms. The carved walnut frame appears to ‘grow’ organically, like the branches of a tree. The sinuous legs and stretchers are jointed in a traditional manner, but this is not apparent at first sight, and the sculptural form of the chair would have seemed entirely novel in 1900.
Reference: © Victoria and Albert Museum
A EUGENE GAILLARD WALNUT MIRROR circa 1900
Sold for US$ 600 (£ 433) inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2012
An Art Nouveau Dressing Table, circa 1900 Eugene Gaillard (1862-1932) carved walnut, Hungarian ash veneer 90 in. (228.5 cm.) high; 58 in. (147.5 cm.) wide; 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) deep.
Sold for GBP 8,750 at Christie’s in 2017
French Art Nouveau Carved Oak Armchair Eugene Gaillard, circa 1900 The curved crest and splat decorated with sinuous stylized stems, leaves and blossoms, continuing to curved arms ending in spiral ribbed terminals, above a caned seat, raised on tapering fluted square legs.
Sold for $1,625 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle in 2014
Eugène Gaillard settee France, c. 1911 pearwood, Fortuny silk upholstery
Sold for $9,000 at Rago Arts and Auction Center in 2020
