Louis Majorelle, important desk (in restoration)

Ref #: ST37

Exquisite and important desk, part of Study or Library Room designed by Louis Majorelle (1859-1926) for the 1925 Paris exhibition “Exposition des Arts Decoratifs” which launched Art Deco style in France and internationally. In bookmatched macassar ebony and solid mahogany, front side having a pair of doors fitted with Majorelle in-house cast decorative wrought iron pulls and enclosing shelves, flanking middle exposed segment with a single shelf decorated with playful marquetry in padouk wood which incorporates mother of pearl inlays; the sitting side with corresponding pair of doors and hardware, enclosing single shelf and storage on the left and five drawers on the right. Elegant curvaceous top with carved and fluted edges. Stamped.

IN RESTORATION.

Literature: 

– “Authentic Art Deco Interiors From the 1925 Paris Exhibition”, pages 140 and 141, plate 64, by Maurice Dufrene, Antique Collector’s Club Ltd., Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, 1989. (this very model illustrated)

– “Majorelle – Eine Kunst Modern zu Leben” (Art of Modern Living), page 59, Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany, 2009 (a reprint of a book “Majorelle – Un Art de Vivre Moderne”, Musee de l’Ecole de Nancy and Galerie Poirel) (this very model illustrated)

– “Art Deco, Les Maitres du Mobilier – Le Decor des Paquebots”, page 161, by Pierre Kjellberg, Les editions de l’Amateur, 1986. (this very model illustrated)

– “Louis Majorelle, Master of Art Nouveau Design”, page 157, by Alastair Duncan, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1991. (this very model illustrated)

Age: 1920’s

Origin: Nancy, France

Measurements: 70″ w, 36″ d, 30″ h