Lot 165
165
ANOTHER PROPERTY
A 'CHICORÉE' MAHOGANY DINING TABLE AND EIGHT DINING CHAIRS

LOUIS MAJORELLE

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A 'CHICORÉE' MAHOGANY DINING TABLE AND EIGHT DINING CHAIRS
Louis Majorelle
The rounded rectangular top supported by four curved legs with buttresses, elaborately carved as dandelion leaves with six 'Chicorée' side chairs and a pair of open arm chairs, table with four leaves
30in. (76.2cm.) high, 47½in. (120cm.) wide, 59½in. (151.1cm.) long, leaves 47in. (119.4cm.) long, 18in. (45.6cm.)wide (9)

Lot Essay

cf. Alastair Duncan, Louis Majorelle, Master of Art Nouveau Design, 1991, p. 180, fig. 54 for a period illustration of the dining table and side chairs; Roselyne Bouvier, Majorelle, 1991, p. 60, pl. 55 for an illustration of the dining room of the Maison d'hôtes du Champagne Perrier-Joüet, Epernay, France, which shows the side chair model.