LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926)
'Nénuphars' Desk, circa 1903
mahogany, gilt bronze, leather
40 in. (102 cm) high; 55 in. (140 cm) wide; 33 in. (84 cm) deep
LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926)
'Nénuphars' Desk, circa 1903
mahogany, gilt bronze, leather
40 in. (102 cm) high; 55 in. (140 cm) wide; 33 in. (84 cm) deep
John and Katsy Mecom, Houston Sotheby's, New York, 3 October 1992, lot 78 Private Collection, New Zealand Christie’s, 12 December 1997, lot 90 Acquired from the above by the present owner
"Notre programme," Art & Industrie, 1909 Majorelle-Nancy, Décoration d'intérieurs, sales catalogue, Nancy, 1910, n.p. L. Buffet-Challié, Le Modern Style, Paris, 1975, p. 25 A. Duncan, Louis Majorelle, Master of Art Nouveau Design, New York, 1991, pp. 72, 168, fig. 46 A. Duncan, Le Paris Salons 1895-1914, Volume III, Furniture, Woodbridge, 1996, p. 391 M. Draguet, Treasures of Art Nouveau through the Collection of Anne-Marie Gillion Crowet, Geneva, 1999, pp. 21, 129 P. Greenhalgh, Art Nouveau 1890-1914, London, 2000, p. 44
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