Louis Majorelle "Aux Primevères" Walnut and Fruitwood Marquetry Desk
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$19,500
This joyful French Art Nouveau walnut desk with fruitwood marquetry and bronze hardware, by Louis Majorelle, promises to inspire, with its bouquets of marquetry primroses decorating the apron drawer and upright back of the piece, which features letter holders on each side, and the abstracted heart shaped nature of the desk's surface. Adding to the uplifting beauty of the piece are the wonderful bronze detailing on the pulls of the drawers, which are cast as naturalistic primroses. The desk comes with a period key, modeled after a geranium leaf.
Item #: F-21479
Artist: Louis Majorelle
Country: France
Circa: 1900
Dimensions: 43" height, 36.5" width, 27.5" depth
Materials: Fruitwood, Walnut, Bronze hardware
Signed: L.Majorelle
Literature: Identical piece pictured in the Majorelle catalogue of 1906. Similar desk pictured in The Paris Salons Volume III, Furniture, by Alastair Duncan Antique Collectors' Club, England, 1996 variant reproduced on p. 403; Similar desk pictured in Louis Majorelle, by Alastair Duncan Abrams, New York, 1991, p. 99
Item #: F-21479
Artist: Louis Majorelle
Country: France
Circa: 1900
Dimensions: 43" height, 36.5" width, 27.5" depth
Materials: Fruitwood, Walnut, Bronze hardware
Signed: L.Majorelle
Literature: Identical piece pictured in the Majorelle catalogue of 1906. Similar desk pictured in The Paris Salons Volume III, Furniture, by Alastair Duncan Antique Collectors' Club, England, 1996 variant reproduced on p. 403; Similar desk pictured in Louis Majorelle, by Alastair Duncan Abrams, New York, 1991, p. 99
One of the hallmarks of Louis Majorelle's designs was the sinuous, almost twisting nature of the legs, that imbues the piece with the sense that it may simply get up and walk its way into your home. This desk is a perfect example of this charm that makes Majorelle furniture so endearing and yet so elegant at the same time.
One of the hallmarks of Louis Majorelle's designs was the sinuous, almost twisting nature of the legs, that imbues the piece with the sense that it may simply get up and walk its way into your home. This desk is a perfect example of this charm that makes Majorelle furniture so endearing and yet so elegant at the same time.
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