French Art Nouveau “Aux Pins” Armchair by Majorelle

A French Art Nouveau carved walnut upholstered armchair, "Aux Pins," by Louis Majorelle. The chair has carved wooden sections depicting pine cones, a recurring motif in Majorelle's naturalist vocabulary. A similar chair appears in the 1906 Majorelle catalogue (Cabinet de Travail “Les Pins” ) and in The Paris Salons, 1895-1910, Volume III: Furniture, by Alastair Duncan, Antique Collectors’ Club, Publishers, page 407.