XX eme siècle Archives • Ébénisterie Mathieu Vath

Nesting tables by Emilie Gallé

June 19, 2025September 12, 2025 Mathieu VathArt Nouveau, Veneering - Marquetry, furniture restoration, 19th century, 20th century

Restoration of a set of four Art Nouveau nesting tables, crafted and stamped with marquetry on each tabletop by the Gallé workshops. The beechwood bases are adorned with a naturalistic decoration of tree branches, and feature marquetry of daffodils, seascapes, and lapping catkins. The woods used for this marquetry are ash, walnut, sycamore maple, rosewood, mahogany, walnut burl, and elm. Émile Gallé (1846-1904) Émile Gallé is an emblematic figure of Art Nouveau, renowned for his contributions […]

Art Deco Desk

June 4, 2025September 12, 2025 Mathieu VathArt Deco, Macassar ebony, Veneering - Marquetry, Veneering - Marquetry, furniture restoration, 20th century

Restoration complete for this desk veneered in Macassar ebony (Diospyros celebica). Native to Indonesia, it is also known as golden ebony or Coromandel wood. Long used in construction in Japan, this tree can reach forty meters in height. Its name comes from the port of Makassar, from where the logs were exported.

Hairdresser E.GOMME G-Plan

September 8, 2023September 8, 2023 Mathieu Vathhairdresser, Veneering - Marquetry, furniture restoration, 20th century

Restoration of a 1960s teak veneer dressing table from the G-Plan company. Ebenezer Gomme. In 1898, Ebenezer Gomme (1858-1931) founded the E. Gomme Ltd. precision joinery workshop in High Wycombe, England. It quickly became one of the most important centers of English furniture manufacturing until 1940. During the Second World War, Great Britain faced a timber shortage, forcing all wood-dependent industries to offer products with a more utilitarian than design focus. In […]