'AUX ORCHIDEES', A GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED MARBLE FIREPLACE
'AUX ORCHIDEES', A GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED MARBLE FIREPLACE

LOUIS MAJORELLE, CIRCA 1906

Details
'AUX ORCHIDEES', A GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED MARBLE FIREPLACE
LOUIS MAJORELLE, CIRCA 1906
complete with original hammered metal inner surround and gilt metal sliding plate to conceal the hearth
47¾ in. (121.3 cm.) high, 87¼ in. (221.6 cm.) wide, 13 in. (33 cm.) deep
Literature
Alastair Duncan, Louis Majorelle, Master of Art Nouveau Design, 1991, pl. 79.

Lot Essay

cf. Illustrated Majorelle sales catalogue, circa 1908/14, complete 'Orchidée' salon featured, including example of the present fireplace (see photograph above, illustration reproduced: Roselyne Bouvier, Majorelle, 1991, p. 108, fig. 103).
See also: Alastair Duncan, Louis Majorelle, Master of Art Nouveau Design, 1991, p. 112, contemporary photograph of this model with variant backplate reproduced.

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