LOUIS MAJORELLE, Mahogany tea table
LOUIS MAJORELLE, Mahogany tea table
Carved mahogany and gilt bronze tea table
Date
Towards 1900
Size
height : 82 cm length : 90 cm depth : 59 cm
Collection
Art Nouveau
Inventory number
74
Price
9500
Payment in instalments available on request.
LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926)
Important tea table in molded mahogany, presenting a rectangular tray in bowl, decorated with sculpted flower rushes, and a crotch tablet with curved cut, with inlaid decoration in exotic woods with lily pads and floral patterns. They rest on a curved ribbed base joined by an arch and a spacer bar. Side handles in chased gilt bronze with embossed butomate motif. Signed «L.Majorelle Nancy».
Bibliography :
- Nicolas Chaudun, «Majorelle, Un art de vivre Moderne» Edition Ville de Nancy 2009 Similar model reproduced on board number 28.
- Alastair Duncan, «Louis Majorelle Master of art nouveau design» Edition ABRAMS new York. Similar model reproduced pages 79, 168, 208.