LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926)
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LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926)

A CARVED AND INLAID WALNUT, AMARANTH AND FRUITWOOD BONHEUR DU JOUR, CIRCA 1905

Closed16 June 2011

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LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926)
A Carved and Inlaid Walnut, Amaranth and Fruitwood Bonheur du Jour, circa 1905
with leather writing surface, the door opening to reveal several compartments for letters and writing instruments above two marquetry drawers with floral patinated bronze handles; together with a beech and walnut chair inlaid with a poppies motif in various fruitwoods
bonheur du jour: 51 in. (129.5 cm.) high, 33 in. (83.8 cm.) wide, 21 1/8 in. (53.5 cm.) deep; chair: 38 in. (96.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

cf. A. Duncan, Louis Majorelle Master of Art Noveau Design, New York, 1991, p. 101 for another bonheur du jour and chair of this model.