Two-layer tea walnut tea table with rosewood and fruitwood inlays featuring a vegetal motif, the work of Emile Gallé. The two levels are carved with decorations depicting wooded landscapes that provide sharp chromatic contrasts. The sinuous, asymmetrical shape of the two levels is quite remarkable, as is the exaggerated curve of the table legs, which terminates in a curved leaf and continues beneath the table where the legs meet, forming a sort of bow that ties the curved leaves together. This is a definitive example of the Art Nouveau craftsmen-artists’ search for forms in fluid motion, without the clean breaks provided by the straight lines and angles previously adopted. The same holds for the use of vegetal decorations, which become functional and structural elements of furniture and other decorative items