Louis MAJORELLE (1859-1926) - Lot 182

Louis MAJORELLE (1859-1926) Les butomacées SALON TABLE, also known as a "table volante" or tea table, with two carved mahogany and fruitwood tops, base forming plant arches, inlaid with various woods "aux butomes" and water lilies, bronze handles decorated with butome flowers. 86 x 90 x 60 cm (minor wear and restoration to feet) TOGETHER with its glass tray Bibliography l Another example is in the Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art, Japan, inv. n° ANF-663701 Meubles de style moderne à l'Exposition Universelle de 1900, Sections française et étrangères, published under the direction of Th. Lambert, architecte, Charles Schmidt éditeur, Paris, nd. repr. pl. 4, fig. 2. Majorelle Nancy, period catalog. Identical model reproduced in this issue without pagination Mario Amaya "Art Nouveau", a dutton vista pictureback, 1966, repr. p. 106 Provenance l Collection d'un Amateur d'Art Nouveau