Lot 78
"La Cascade" cabinet
Sold
$60,000
Est $60,000 - $80,000
Live Auction
DESIGN
ARTIST
Louis Majorelle
Size
66 x 31 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (167.6 x 80 x 40 cm)
Description
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION

Medium
East Indian rosewood, Macassar ebony, walnut, olive wood, mahogany, oak, lacewood, and mother of pearl marquetry-veneered wood, fabric.
Signature
Base incised Louis Majorelle/1899.
Provenance
Macklowe Gallery Ltd., New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2004
Literature
"Salon de 1899," L'Art Décoratif, June 1899, p. 119 René Dulong, "La Sculpture Décorative aux Salons," Art et Décoration, August 1899, p. 44 Roberta Waddell, ed., The Art Nouveau Style, New York, 1977, p. 200 Alastair Duncan, Louis Majorelle: Master of Art Nouveau Design, New York, 1991, p. 31 Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salon 1895-1914, Volume III: Furniture, Woodbridge, 1996, p. 395 Julius Hoffmann Jr., The Modern Style, 1899-1905: Art Nouveau, 2006, Bonn, p. 40