Design
Design
Property of a New York Collector
Louis Majorelle
"Butomées" Two-Tiered Tea Table
Lot Closed
April 1, 02:19 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a New York Collector
Louis Majorelle
1859 - 1926
"Butomées" Two-Tiered Tea Table
circa 1900
walnut, fruitwood marquetry, bronze
signed L. Majorelle in the marquetry
32 ⅜ x 35 ¾ x 23 ¼ in. (82.2 x 90.8 x 59.1 cm)
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 (for a photograph of the model exhibited at the Exposition de l'Ecole de Nancy, Paris, 1903)
Majorelle: Un Art de Vivre Moderne, exh. cat., Musée de l'École de Nancy, France, 2009, pp. 114 (for a detail of the model) and 122 (for an example of the model in the collection of the Musée de l'École de Nancy)
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 (for a photograph of the model exhibited at the Exposition de l'Ecole de Nancy, Paris, 1903)
Majorelle: Un Art de Vivre Moderne, exh. cat., Musée de l'École de Nancy, France, 2009, pp. 114 (for a detail of the model) and 122 (for an example of the model in the collection of the Musée de l'École de Nancy)