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LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926)
Exceptional 'Nénuphars' display bookcase, circa 1902.
In molded mahogany and courbaril veneer, with two glass doors at the front revealing an interior with five removable shelves, with extensive ormolu ornamentation decorated with water lily leaves and flowers forming plant columns ending in overhanging hooves.
H. 220 - W. 135 - D. 48 cm
H. 86 5/8 - W. 53 1/8 - D. 18 7/8 in.
(Original key, bottom of bookcase missing, insolations, some cracks in the veneer on the upper sides, one missing piece on the bottom)
A 'Nénuphars' bookcase, c. 1902, molded mahogany and courbaril veneer, gilt bronze ornamentation.
RELATED WORK Louis Majorelle, 'Nénuphar' bookcase, 1902, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (Inv. GC 146) (identical gilt bronze base and columns). Fig.1
PROVENANCE Former collection of Dr. César Tournier, former head of the medical clinic at the University of Lyon.
Passed down to the present owners.
BIBLIOGRAPHY Catalogue " Majorelle " Frères &| Cie, " Meubles d'Arts ", (n.d.), ref. n° 427, model to be compared with the one reproduced pl. 6.
Exceptional 'Nénuphars' display bookcase, circa 1902.
In molded mahogany and courbaril veneer, with two glass doors at the front revealing an interior with five removable shelves, with extensive ormolu ornamentation decorated with water lily leaves and flowers forming plant columns ending in overhanging hooves.
H. 220 - W. 135 - D. 48 cm
H. 86 5/8 - W. 53 1/8 - D. 18 7/8 in.
(Original key, bottom of bookcase missing, insolations, some cracks in the veneer on the upper sides, one missing piece on the bottom)
A 'Nénuphars' bookcase, c. 1902, molded mahogany and courbaril veneer, gilt bronze ornamentation.
RELATED WORK Louis Majorelle, 'Nénuphar' bookcase, 1902, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (Inv. GC 146) (identical gilt bronze base and columns). Fig.1
PROVENANCE Former collection of Dr. César Tournier, former head of the medical clinic at the University of Lyon.
Passed down to the present owners.
BIBLIOGRAPHY Catalogue " Majorelle " Frères &| Cie, " Meubles d'Arts ", (n.d.), ref. n° 427, model to be compared with the one reproduced pl. 6.