Important Design

Important Design

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Louis Majorelle

Poincaré floorlamp

Live auction begins on:

May 20, 12:30 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

Louis Majorelle


Poincaré floorlamp


Designed circa 1910

Patinated and gilt wrought iron and alabaster shade

Height : 198 cm ; 78 in.

Diameter of the shade : 58 cm ; 22 ⅞ in.

Private collection, France

Alastair Duncan, Louis Majorelle : master of art nouveau design, New York, 1991, p. 212

Roselyne Bouvier, Louis Majorelle : une aventure moderne, Paris, 1991, p. 207

Majorelle: un art de vivre moderne, exhibition catalogue, Musée de l’École de Nancy, Nancy, 2 May - 30 August 2009, p. 116

A similar model is in the collections of the Musée de l'École de Nancy (inv. AD369)