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Lot 263
  • 263

Louis Majorelle

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
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Description

  • Cabinet de travail, vers 1900-1903
  • Signé L. Majorelle Nancy en partie inférieure droite
  • mahogany and gilt bronze
  • 133 x 172 x 61,5 cm (52 3/8 x 67 3/4 x 24 1/4 in.)
acajou et bronze doré, ouvrant par deux vantaux à rideaux, deux portes et deux tiroirs

Literature

Majorelle-Nancy, Décoration d'intérieurs, catalogue des ateliers Majorelle, Nancy, 1910, p. 56
Alastair Duncan, Louis Majorelle, Master of Art Nouveau Design, New York, 1991, p. 58, fig. 16 et p. 168, n. 55
Alastair Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany, The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, 2004, pp. 623

Condition

FR – Très bon état général. Dans la partie inférieure du meuble, plateaux intérieurs remplacés. Une fine planche de chêne a été posée sur le plancher originel du meuble qui présente un ondulation due à l’humidité. Plusieurs griffures sur le plateau supérieur. Patine d’usage sur les ornements en bronze doré. EN – Very good overall condition. On the interior lower part of the cabinet, a slight oak board has been put on the original cabinet floor, which has an undulation due to humidity. Some scratchings on the top. Wear to the patina on the bronze, consistent with age.
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