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
Daum Nancy and Majorelle Art Deco Suspension
By Atelier Majorelle, Daum
Located in NANTES, FR
Art deco suspension around 1925 signed Daum Nancy wrought iron frame made by the Majorelle workshops. Electrified and in perfect condition. Mater...
Glass
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
Daum Nancy Lamp
By Daum
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Daum Nancy lamp Art Deco period Origin France Circa 1930 Etched glass, wrought iron Incised and signed on screen and base with Daum Nancy and the cross...
Wrought Iron
Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Table Lamp
By Daum
Located in Dallas, TX
Daum Cameo Glass and Wrought Iron Maple Leaf Table Lamp, circa 1920 Art Nouveau Art Deco design. Mottled and variegated glass base with with carve...
Art Glass
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
American Art Nouveau Tiffany Style Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
American Art Nouveau Tiffany style lamp featuring a stained glass shade with a floral design having an ornate metal base and two bulb sockets with pull chains
Glass
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
Bronze Art Nouveau Lamp with Majorelle Foot and Pâte de Verre
By Hector Guimard, Louis Majorelle
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
$22,000
H 14.97 in Dm 19.69 in
DAUM & MAJORELLE Wide pendant chandelier with acid-etched blackberries 1910-1915
By Louis Majorelle, Daum
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Wide and thick French Art Nouveau acid-etched pendant chandelier with blacberries by DAUM (Nancy) and Louis MAJORELLE (Nancy), France, circa 1910-1915. This exceptional French Art N...
Wrought Iron
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
Art Deco Chandelier by Daum, Nancy France, in Pate de Verre, circa 1940
By Daum
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Beautiful 3-light chandelier. Executed in 4 separate pieces of glass in the "P@te de Verre" technique. Manufactured and signed by Daum in Nancy, France circa 1940.
Wrought Iron
$12,000
H 31.11 in Dm 15.36 in
French Art Deco Pendant Chandelier by DAUM and Edgar BRANDT (att.), 1910-1915
By Edgar Brandt, Daum
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Nouveau/Early Art Deco Pendant Chandelier by Daum (Nancy). Wrought-iron mount strongly attributed to Edgar Brandt, France, circa 1910–1915. A rare and highly refined Fren...
Wrought Iron