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'CHICOREE', A DINING SUITE, CIRCA 1905
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LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926)
'CHICOREE', A DINING SUITE, CIRCA 1905
comprising large sideboard, buffet and extending dining table, together with a set of six chairs by Louis Majorelle, including two open armchairs, oak with burr-walnut, thuya and other marquetry veneer inlay, the marquetry doors also with abalone and copper insets, the bronze handles cast with grapes, the rear of the large sideboard with a repeat inlay motif flanked by shaped cupboards with bevelled glass, the small sideboard with a breche d'alep marble top
large sideboard: 79 ¼ in. (201.5 cm.) high; 89 3/8 in. (227 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep;
small sideboard: 55 ¼ in. (140.5 cm.) high; 63 ¾ in. (162 cm.) wide; 17 ¼ in. (44 cm.) deep;
table: 29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 62 ¼ in. (168 cm.) wide; 50 ¾ in. (129 cm.) deep;
chairs and armchairs respectively 39 ½ in. (100 cm.) and 41 in. (104 cm.) high
'CHICOREE', A DINING SUITE, CIRCA 1905
comprising large sideboard, buffet and extending dining table, together with a set of six chairs by Louis Majorelle, including two open armchairs, oak with burr-walnut, thuya and other marquetry veneer inlay, the marquetry doors also with abalone and copper insets, the bronze handles cast with grapes, the rear of the large sideboard with a repeat inlay motif flanked by shaped cupboards with bevelled glass, the small sideboard with a breche d'alep marble top
large sideboard: 79 ¼ in. (201.5 cm.) high; 89 3/8 in. (227 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep;
small sideboard: 55 ¼ in. (140.5 cm.) high; 63 ¾ in. (162 cm.) wide; 17 ¼ in. (44 cm.) deep;
table: 29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 62 ¼ in. (168 cm.) wide; 50 ¾ in. (129 cm.) deep;
chairs and armchairs respectively 39 ½ in. (100 cm.) and 41 in. (104 cm.) high
Literature
Similar example illustrated:
A. Duncan, Louis Majorelle, Master of Art Nouveau Design, 1991, p. 180 (period photograph).
A. Duncan, Louis Majorelle, Master of Art Nouveau Design, 1991, p. 180 (period photograph).
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