Louis-Jean-Sylvestre Majorelle, more commonly known as Louis Majorelle, was a French artist, metalworker and Art Nouveau designer celebrated for his bedroom furniture, cabinets, chairs and decorative objects.
In 1877, Majorelle moved to Paris from the town of Nancy where he began his studies in painting under Jean-François Millet at the École de Beaux Arts. Following the death of his father, a furniture designer, he returned to Nancy and took over the family workshop. Parisian architect Henri Sauvage designed Majorelle’s house in Nancy, Villa Majorelle, which featured stained glass by Jacques Gruber.
In order to increase productivity and reduce costs — as well as shift the family business’s focus from reproductions of 18th-century furniture such as Louis XV chairs to instead working in the era’s Art Nouveau style — Majorelle integrated modern techniques and processes at Atelier Majorelle (these changes were in part inspired by innovative glassmaker Emile Gallé).
The workshop became known for Majorelle’s distinctive designs and the pronounced craftsmanship of its offerings. There were tables made from mahogany and ormolu that featured handsome bronze mounts and marquetry, table lamps that shared common ground with the prized designs associated with Tiffany Studios, and decorative pieces that Majorelle produced in partnership with Daum, a revered manufacturer of French art glass.
The work was very much characterized by the botanical motifs and curvaceous silhouettes of Art Nouveau design, and the business was successful. Majorelle produced a range of items during the early 1900s and was a participant in the 1900 Paris Exposition as well as the Exposition de l'Ecole de Nancy in 1903.
In 1916, a devastating fire broke out in Majorelle’s factory on the rue du Vieil-Aître in Nancy. It destroyed all of the company’s awards, sketches, molds, equipment and archives of Majorelle’s work. In 1917, destruction again shook his business when his shop on the rue Saint-Georges was bombed by German aircraft. The designer marched on — he relocated to Paris where he shared a workspace and created vases and other vessels in the Art Deco style before he moved back to Nancy. Majorelle designed the Nancy Pavilion at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in 1925 with Alfred Lévy. He died in 1926.
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Majorelle Art Nouveau Lamp
By Atelier Majorelle
Located in NANTES, FR
Majorelle Art Nouveau lamp Large lamp around 1900 foot in gilded bronze and lampshade in alabaster. Very good quality of bronze and pretty floral m...
Alabaster, Bronze
Majorelle Spectacular Art Nouveau Lamp
By Atelier Majorelle
Located in NANTES, FR
Ateliers Majorelle art nouveau lamp circa 1905. Wrought iron base with bronze applications. Alabaster shell. Electrified lamp in perfect condition. Tota...
Alabaster, Bronze, Wrought Iron
Austrian Art Nouveau Bronze Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
Lovely period Austrian Art Nouveau bronze table lamp. This beautifully detailed, high quality Austrian bronze lamp has been newly wired and would w...
Bronze
Art Nouveau Figural Alabaster Lamp
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A figure of a standing young lady finely carved in white alabaster. She is shown dressed in an almost ‘flapper’ style skirt as she leans with her elbows against an ochre mottled rectangular alabaster column on a further stepped base. Her eyes are almost closed as if she is dreaming. The lower rectangular column supports a fluted round column which holds a hollowed white alabaster bowl...
Alabaster
Art Nouveau Slag Glass Table Lamp
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a nice sized lamp with a 17 inch diameter. The base is heavy bronze with with beautiful clean lines. The shade and slag glass are free of cracks or chips. Each glass panel ha...
Bronze
Bronze Art Nouveau Lamp with Majorelle Foot and Pâte de Verre
By Louis Majorelle, Hector Guimard
Located in Rebais, FR
Bronze lamp with nickel patinated finish and purple glass. (glass color can be change by dark blue, amber, sanded, red or green).
Bronze
Degue Art Nouveau Style Hand Painted Lamp
By Degué
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a hand painted half moon shaped glass paste shade lamp mounted in a wrought iron stem branches of roses and leaves. The half moon shade depicts an orange and royal blue color...
Wrought Iron
Swedish Art Nouveau Copper Table Lamp
Located in Kramfors, SE
Art nouveau table lamp from Sweden. The lamp is from the early 20th century, from 1910 to 1915, and is hand made with a foot in solid copper. The whole lamp is decorated with typical...
Copper
Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Desk Lamp
Located in London, GB
An exceptional antique French Art Nouveau bronze desk lamp. This is stamped beneath the base made in France, and is signed with the initials A.R. It is of wonderful quality, the bro...
Bronze
Art Nouveau Brass Table Lamp, Europe 1900s
Located in Utrecht, NL
At the turn of the 20th century, Art Nouveau emerged as a reaction against historic revival styles and the mass-production brought about by the Industrial Revolution. It favoured org...
Brass
Antique Art Nouveau Golden Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Table lamp with 5 lights art nuveau, rebuilt in the 80's in perfect working order. measures with bulbs 38x36X78h. European socket (up to 250V).
Gold, Bronze
Leo Laporte Blairsy Art Nouveau Bronze Table Lamp
By Leo Laporte-Blairsy
Located in Dallas, TX
French Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture by Leo Laporte-Blairsy Signed: “LEO LAPORTE BLAIRSY” Foundry Mark: “Susse Fres, Edt” . With Susse stamp Leo Laporte-Blairsy (1865-1923) was a Fr...
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a very unique lamp. The base is ceramic and has a g Murano glass shade.
Ceramic, Murano Glass
Antique Art Nouveau Lady Lamp, Bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Art Nouveau lamp in bronze circa 1890,s. Was an original oil lamp that was converted long ago to electric. A very good job. Shade and hurricane are newer glass. Large 31 1/2" in t...
Bronze