LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926) Model presented at... Lot 1

LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926) Model presented at the 2nd Salon des Industries du Mobilier, Grand-Palais des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 1905 Rare and exceptional middle table that can be used as a desk or console in ribbed, molded and carved mahogany and flamed mahogany veneer. The entablature rests on a curvilinear, curved and swollen belt on each side. The top has a carved, curvilinear, projecting gallery surround. The wide overhanging corner legs, sculpted and arched, each receive a spectacular gilded bronze trim, formed by a hoof continuing to the capital and ending with a floral motif of buttercup. Art Nouveau period. Used condition, two accidents without missing the petals of the gilded bronze floral motifs. Height: 81cm - Length: 118cm - Depth: 73cm Provenance: Former Former X. Collection, of Lorraine origin. Exhibition: 2nd Salon des Industries du Mobilier, Grand-Palais des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 1905 - An identical model presented at this event. Bibliography: - Le Salon des Industries du Mobilier, 1905, Grand-Palais des Champs-Élysées, 2ème volume - Éditions Librairie d'Art Décoratif Armand Guérinet, Paris, 1905. Identical model reproduced on plate 218. - Alastair Duncan - The Paris Salons 1895-1914- Volume III: Furniture- Édition Antique Collectors' Club, 1996. Identical model reproduced on page 406.