A 'Nénuphar' Table Lamp, Circa 1902-1903

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DAUM AND LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926)
A 'Nénuphar' Table Lamp, Circa 1902-1903
the patinated bronze base modelled with three frogs and lily pads rising to stems surmounted with further foliage supporting the floriform shade of overlaid and acid-etched glass
29 in. (73.6 cm.) high
base signed L. Majorelle Nancy, shade wheel-engraved Daum Nancy, Cross of Lorraine

Literature

École de Nancy, exhibition catalogue, Union Centrale des Arts des Arts Décoratifs, Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, mars 1903, for another example of the model illustrated;
A. Duncan, Louis Majorelle Master of Art Nouveau Design, London, 1991, p. 134, a similar lamp shown in a contemporary photograph at the Exposition de l’École de Nancy, Paris, 1903, p. 139, pl. 120 and p. 217, pl. 5. similar examples illustrated;
L’École de Nancy, 1889-1909, Paris, 1999, p. 331, pl. 268, another similar example illustrated;
C. Bardin, Daum 1878-1939 Une Industrie d’Art Lorraine, Metz, 2004, p. 303, another similar example illustrated.

Lot Essay

The design for this lamp was initially created for the Exposition de l'Ecole de Nancy, Pavillon de Marsan, 1903 with variants being subsequently produced.

Another example of this design is held in the collection of the Musée D'Orsay, Paris.

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