Lot Essay
cf. Majorelle-Nancy: Dcorations D'Intrieurs Meubles-Tentures-Bronzes-Ferronneries (cat.) and Alastair Duncan, Louis Majorelle: Master of Art Nouveau Design, 1991, p. 168, fig. 14 for period illustrations of study room (Cabinet de Travail) furniture which includes the desk model with the waterlily motif. The model is also illustrated as fig. 46 in the color plates of Duncan's book.