LOUIS MARJORELLE
Lot 178

LOUIS MARJORELLE

A WALNUT AND MARQUETRY DESK, CIRCA 1898

Closed29 October 2008

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GBP 5,000

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LOUIS MARJORELLE
A WALNUT AND MARQUETRY DESK, CIRCA 1898
with leather inset, the apron carved with leaves and stems extending down and twisting to form the supports, the front doors and side panels inlaid in various woods with poppies (adapted from an etagère)
30¼in. (76.8cm.) high, 49¼in. (124.5cm.) wide, 23 5/8in. (60cm.) deep

Specialist note

Alastair Duncan, Louis Majorelle-Master of Art Nouveau Design, Thames & Hudson, 1991, p. 31 (an etagère complete with base and surmount illustrated).