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Large tea table in molded mahogany, with a rectangular bowl-shaped top decorated with sculpted flowering rushes and a crotch shelf with a curved cutout, decorated with exotic wood marquetry with water lily and floral motifs. They rest on a curved ribbed base joined by an arch and a spacer bar. Side handles in chiseled gilt bronze with a raised butomea motif.
Signed "L.Majorelle Nancy".
Bibliography:
Nicolas Chaudun, "Majorelle, Un art de vivre Moderne" Edition Ville de Nancy 2009 Similar model reproduced plate number 28.
Alastair Duncan, "Louis Majorelle Master of art nouveau design" Edition ABRAMS new York. Similar model reproduced on pages 79, 168, 208.
Édition Serpenoise, Roselyne Bouvier, la bibliothèque des arts, 1991, page 73 and 191
Date: created for the 1900 World's Fair
Dimensions: height: 82 cm, length: 90 cm, depth: 59 cm.
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