LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926) - COLLECTION MADAME X. - Lot 57

LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926) - COLLECTION MADAME X. Butterflies flying over lanceolate anemones Music cabinet forming an in-between piece of furniture. The structure is in ribbed, molded and carved mahogany; the side and front lower parts are decorated with floral stems, the front uprights with carved motifs of flowers before they have fully bloomed, extending the above-mentioned stems. The lower section is organized as a music file, with each side panel decorated with precious and indigenous wood marquetry. The front of the drawer and the sides of the entablature holding it are decorated in precious and indigenous wood marquetry. The corner feet are comma-shaped and ribbed. Art nouveau period. Used condition, a small dent on the top. Signed L.MAJORELLE in marquetry on the right side panel of the music rack. H.114cm - W.60cm - D.35cm Bibliography: - Majorelle Nancy - Catalogue commercial, circa 1908. Identical model reproduced on two plates of this publication without pagination. - Alastair Duncan - Majorelle - Éditions Flammarion, Paris, 1991. Identical model shown in an archive photograph reproduced on page 183 (ill. 63).