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Property from the Cycad Collection

Louis Majorelle

Two-Tier Side Table

Lot Closed

March 12, 04:57 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Louis Majorelle

Two-Tier Side Table


circa 1900

mahogany, fruitwood marquetry, patinated bronze

signed L. Magorelle Nancy in the marquetry

32 1/2 x 35 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (82.6 x 90.5 x 58.7 cm)

Auguttes, Neuilly-sur-Seine, October 8, 2014, lot 109

The Geyer Collection

Sotheby's New York, The Geyer Collection: Masterworks of Tiffany and Pre-War Design, December 11, 2018, lot 90

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Majorelle Nancy: décorations d'intérieurs, meubles, tentures, bronzes, ferronneries, sales catalogue, Nancy, n.d., n.p.

Jules Rais, “L'École de Nancy et son Exposition au Musée des Arts Décoratifs," Art et Décoration, January-June 1903, p. 134

Roberta Waddell, ed., The Art Nouveau Style in Jewelry, Metalwork, Glass, Ceramics, Textiles, Architecture and Furniture, New York, 1977, p. 335

Alastair Duncan, Art Nouveau Furniture, New York, 1982, p. 63

Alastair Duncan, Louis Majorelle: Master of Art Nouveau Design, London, 1991, pp. 77, 168 and 206

Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons: 1895-1914, Volume III Furniture, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1996, p. 390

Majorelle: Un Art de Vivre Moderne, exh. cat., Musée de l'École de Nancy, France, 2009, p. 122