LOT DETAILS

Materials:

mahogany, rosewood, gilt bronze and leather

Measurements:

38.62 in. (98.10 cm.) (height) by 54.88 in. (139.40 cm.) (width) by 31.26 in. (79.40 cm.) (width)

Literature:

"Notre programme," Art & Industrie, 1909. Majorelle-Nancy, Décoration d'intérieurs, catalogue of Majorelle workshop, Nancy, 1910, p. 56 . Edith Mannoni, Meubles et ensembles style 1900, Paris, 1968, pp. 49-50. Alastair Duncan, Louis Majorelle, Master of Art Nouveau Design, New York, 1991, no. 46, pp. 65 and 168 . L'école de Nancy, 1889-1909, Art Nouveau et Industries d'Art, exh. cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, 1999, p. 162 . Michel Draguet, Treasures of Art Nouveau through the Collection of Anne-Marie Gillion Crowet, Geneva, 1999, pp. 21 and 129. Paul Greenhalgh, Art Nouveau 1890-1914, London, 2000, p. 44

Provenance:

Acquired in Paris by Mabel Chauvin Slaglel New Orleans, LA. Thence by descent to Merwin Hale Wilkinson Sr., Port Allen, LA, circa 1950. Thence by descent to Merwin Hale Wilkinson Jr., Lafayette, LA. Thence by descent to the present owner