LOT DETAILS

Materials:

walnut and macassar ebony with thuya,amaranth,bois des îles and burl amboyna marquetry and mother-of-pearl,copper inlays

Measurements:

72.36 in. (183.80 cm.) (height) by 65.12 in. (165.40 cm.) (width) by 90.75 in. (230.50 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900

Literature:

Albert Quantin , L'Exposition du Siècle, Paris, 1900, p. 98 . Théodore Lambert, Meubles de Style Moderne: Exposition Universelle à Paris de 1900, Paris, 1900, pl. 1, cat. 4. G. M. Jacques, "Le Meuble Français à l'Exposition," L'Art Décoratif, July 1900, p. 144. Gustave Soulier, "L'Ameublement à l'Exposition," Art et Décoration, July-December 1900, p. 38 (for the present lot illustrated) Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900 à Paris, Rapports du Jury International, Groupe XII, Paris, 1902, p. 126 (for a description of the bedroom suite by Pol Neveux) Alastair Duncan, Art Nouveau Furniture, New York, 1982, pl. 16. Marie-Christine Delacroix, "Le Mobilier Majorelle," L'Estampille, September 1978, p. 18. Alastair Duncan, Fin de Siècle Masterpieces from the Silverman Collection, New York, 1989, pp. 88-89, cat. no. 48. Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Volume III: Furniture, Suffolk, United Kingdom, 1996, pp. 3, 25 and 380. Alastair Duncan, Louis Majorelle: Master of Art Nouveau Design, London, 1991, pl. 68, 82 and p. 111 (for the present lot illustrated). Roselyne Bouvier, Majorelle: Une Aventure Moderne, Paris, 1991, pp. 153 and 164

Provenance:

Maîtres Albinet et Néret-Minet, Paris, June 21, 1978. Jean-Claude Brugnot, Paris. Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1983-1984