Louis MAJORELLE (1859-1926) - Lot 181

Lot n° 181
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Louis MAJORELLE (1859-1926) - Lot 181
Louis MAJORELLE (1859-1926) Model known as Pavillon de Marsan (variant of the model Les Algues), circa 1906/08 Rare and important bookcase in ribbed, moulded and carved walnut and walnut veneer. The central part, surmounted by a large niche forming part of the pediment, opens with two glass doors, each with a wrought iron frame with a patina of the title motif. The side parts each receive a curved leaf with carved fucus (seaweed) decoration forming vertical reserves and end in open niches forming the sides of the pediment. The lower and upper parts of each jamb and the belts of the side niches also have richly and finely carved seaweed motifs. Thickly molded base. The complete interiors of their original shelves... H. 236 cm - W. 203 cm - D. 50 cm E.E. Provenance: - Anonymous sale, Me Bernard Leseuil auctioneer, Lyon, 1970's. Our piece of furniture presented during this session. - Private collection, Lyon. Work acquired during the previous one. Bibliography and related works: - Majorelle - Period commercial catalogue. Identical work reproduced in this publication (without pagination). - Alastair Duncan - Majorelle - Éditions Flammarion, Paris, 1991. Identical work reproduced on page 184, varaints reproduced on pages 50 and 51. - Alastair Duncan - The Paris Salons, 1895-1914, volume III, Furniture - Éditions Antiques Collector's Club, 1996. Variant presented at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1906, reproduced on page 408.
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