Louis Majorelle Walnut Wood Server "Cephalaria" Cabinet
$29,500
This Art Nouveau walnut wood server cabinet by Louis Majorelle is punctuated by a detailed "Cephalaria" motif. The server has two drawers with gilt-bronze handles adorned with a leaf motif, as well as double door storage below, and is elaborately carved throughout in a floral cephalaria motif. The composition of the French piece, which features both sinuous lines creating a rounded effect and starkly rectilinear components which demonstrate Majorelle's ability to combine a beautiful form with complete functionality. The piece stands as a visual anchor in the set that it belongs to.
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- Curator's Notes
Artist: Louis Majorelle
Circa: 1900
Dimensions: 57.5" height, 51" width, 20" depth
Materials: Walnut wood, Gilt bronze
Literature: Similar pieces are pictured in the 1906 Majorelle catalogue (see Salle à Manger "Cephalaria")
This wonderful server rewards prolonged consideration; as one contemplates the seemingly plane rectangular bottom doors, lush linear patterns appear, as one's eye approaches the top of the piece, a small bouquet of delicately carved cephalaria flowers bloom—proving, once again, that when it comes to Louis Majorelle, no detail can be considered unattended to.