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 his atelier (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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Louis Majorelle "Pies et raisins" Buffet
By Louis Majorelle
Located in New York, NY
Louis Majorelle’s "Pies et raisins" buffet transforms the dining room into a celebration of abundance, using nature as both its subject and its material. Its principal marquetry pane...
Ormolu
Louis Majorelle Signed Art Nouveau Marquetry Display Cabinet, France, circa 1900
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
An exceptional Art Nouveau display cabinet by Louis Majorelle, masterfully crafted in France around 1900. This elegant cabinet perfectly illustrates the refined craftsmanship and org...
Walnut
19th Century French Art Nouveau Cupboard by Louis Majorelle
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau mahogany & walnut cupboard cabinet with floral inlay and carving and bronze drawer handles with 2 glass door upper structure (signed MAJORELLE)
Bronze
Louis Majorelle rosewood cabinet secretary desk circa 1910
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Paris, IDF
Superb cabinet secretary desk executed by the Ateliers Majorelle in Nancy circa 1910. This piece presents a strong presence, entirely crafted in rosewood, bringing warmth and depth t...
Rosewood
Desk Daum Nancy in parchment (leather), Liberty or Art Nouveau, Jugendstil
By Daum, Louis Majorelle
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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Bronze
Louis Majorelle Cabinet with Wisteria Marquetry
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Art Nouveau small cabinet by Louis Majorelle, circa 1900-03, with exotic hardwood marquetry in a wisteria motif. 25" wide x 58" tall x 12" deep. Documented. LOUIS MAJORELLE ...
Hardwood
Majorelle Art Deco Vitrine in Blond Mahogany Signed piece
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese inspiration for this Majorelle vitrine in blond mahogany. The silk fabric inside in perfect condition is the original one from the period, this large display cabinet is in a...
Iron
Louis Majorelle Art Nouveau Walnut Armoire with Floral Inlay
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau walnut and inlaid floral design 3 door armoire cabinet with shelf on bottom and top with spindle sides. (signed: LOUIS MAJORELLE). ...
Walnut
Art Nouveau Carved Walnut inlaid & glazed Salon Cabinet by Louis Majorelle
By Louis Majorelle
Located in London, GB
Louis Majorelle (1859-1926), an Art Nouveau carved walnut, inlaid and glazed salon cabinet, with stylised floral carved details to the crown with a centr...
Walnut
Louis Majorelle Gilt Walnut "Aux Pins" Vitrine
By Louis Majorelle
Located in New York, NY
This gilt vitrine "aux pins" by Louis Majorelle is a masterpiece in Art Nouveau design. The gilt finish and simplicity of line that unifies the piece lend it a refined elegance, making it the perfect frame for carefully selected objets d’art. Louis Majorelle’s father Auguste had specialized in 18th-century style furniture, including the chinoiserie so loved in the court of Louis XVI. Louis Majorelle experimented with the pine motif at the same time as Rene Lalique. Both looked to East Asian Art...
Fabric, Glass, Giltwood
French Art Deco Macassar Ebony Library Bookcase by Louis Majorelle
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
ART DECO BOOKCASE BY LOUIS MAJORELLE A very large open library bookcase produced in Macassar Ebony with two lockable doors in the centre having the original key, the bookcase was des...
Macassar
French Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted Vernis Martin Vitrine by Louis Majorelle
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 65 3/4 in W: 32 1/2 in D: 18 in An exceptional and highly refined example of French decorative arts, this signed Louis Majorelle Louis XV Style Vernis Martin vitrin...
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis Majorelle Art Nouveau Display Cabinet with Gilt Metal, 1900s
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Queens, NY
"French Art Nouveau monumental display cabinet / vitrine having two rounded exterior sections containing an upper small and lower large cabinet, centering an upper glass door breakfr...
Giltwood
Art Deco Commode by Majorelle c1920
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
COMMODE BY MAJORELLE A stunning French Art Deco Commode from the 1920s by Majorelle! This exquisite piece features solid carved wood with intricate geometric and flower motifs, comb...
Marble
Louis Majorelle Signed Art Nouveau Burled Mahogany Bar Cabinet, Newly Restored
By Louis Majorelle
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Art Nouveau armoire dresser or bar cabinet By Louis Majorelle (original label present) Paris, France - Circa 1900 Exotic burled mahogany, with...
Brass
French Art Nouveau Rosewood Cabinet by Louis Majorelle, Circa 1890
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau rosewood diminutive narrow cabinet with an upper & bottom shelf with side shelves centering a drawer & door having an inlaid bird & forest scene. (MAJO...
Rosewood
Bronze Desk with Black or Brown Leather Wrapped Top
By Alberto and Diego Giacometti
Located in Ballard, CA
A hand-sculpted and forged bronze desk with brown or black leather wrapped top and drawer, fastened by bronze nails. Custom sizes, finishes and glass top available. Interior of drawe...
Bronze
Petite Louis XVI Cabinet, Ebonized Mahogany, French, 1910s
Located in Austin, TX
Petite cabinet from France in the Louis XVI style. This piece is made of solid wood construction, primarily mahogany. It has been ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish ...
Carrara Marble, Brass
$975Sale Price|61% Off
H 40.25 in W 53.75 in D 25.5 in
Antique Louis XV Style Provincial Fruitwood Buffet
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Louis XV style provincial fruitwood buffet, 19th century. With a 3 board rectangular top with rounded front corners, 2 frieze drawers with iron hardware over two fruitwood do...
Iron
$12,890
H 29.14 in W 29.53 in D 70.87 in
Shanghai Desk in Ziricotte Wood, Leather Top and Silver Patined Leg
By Aymeric Lefort
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Shanghai desk in Ziricotte wood, leather top and silver patined leg. The inside is made in Sycomore. Information about the covid 19. At this point, the ...
Metal
19th Century French Scrubbed Pine Cupboard
Located in London, GB
A beautifully patinated 19th century scrubbed pine cupboard from the alpine Haute-Savoie region. Pegged and nailed in construction, with decorative forged iron hinges and original lo...
Iron
$11,840Sale Price|20% Off
H 44 in W 32.5 in D 10 in
Wall Cabinet with Marquetry Inlays and Drawer Art Nouveau Vienna Austria, 1900s
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful wall cabinet with 4 drawers and marquetry inlay Door. Perfect as a furniture in your dressing room for your lingerie or in your living room. It could also be great at the w...
Metal
Fine Authentic 18th Century French Cupboard
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An early and authentic French cupboard in a dark stain, with a plank constructed top and recessed panel sides. The two carved frieze drawers flank a carved rosette. Carved double doo...
Wood
$5,396
H 39.77 in W 24.81 in D 18.9 in
Antique French Louis XVI Style Marquetry Corner Cabinet with Marble Top
Located in Suffolk, GB
A fine quality 19th-century French Louis XVI style corner cabinet beautifully inlaid and mounted with gilt-bronze ormolu. The white marble top sits above a frieze inlaid with floral ...
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Carved Oak Court Cupboard
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a fabulous quality, heavily carved solid oak court cupboard, made in England, circa 1850. The geometric moldings on the panels and doors are absolutely unbelievable. The qual...
Oak
Classic 19th Century Country French Paint Decorated Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Retailed by Peter Roland, Westport CT. A lovely cabinet in a later pale Aqua Green paint with two carved short apron drawers with a diamond motif and later black painted metal figura...
Wood
A 19th Century Swedish Painted Armoire - Cupboard
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
An extraordinary early 19th century Swedish cupboard. Demonstrating a particularly striking and unusually exaggerated arched pediment sha...
Pine
$41,000 / item
H 33 in W 72 in D 24 in
Custom Mirrored Buffet with Pie Crust Edge & Gold Hand Painted Hardware
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Custom mirrored buffet with pie crust beveled edges and gold painted handcrafted hardware. Currently out of stock, but available for custom orders in different sizes and finishes f...
Gold
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H 63 in W 27.5 in D 13.75 in
Antique Art Nouveau Inlaid Wooden Cabinet by Majorelle, France, Signed
By Louis Majorelle, Ecole de Nancy
Located in Detroit, MI
This exquisite antique French Art Nouveau inlaid wood and glass cabinet was designed by Louis Majorelle and made in Nancy, France circa 1910-1920. This exceptional, museum quality ca...
Brass
Louis Majorelle Epis De Ble Buffet Cabinet
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis Majorelle Epis de blé buffet France, c. 1910 mahogany, marble, gilt bronze, mirrored glass 59¾ h × 52¼ w × 21¼ d in (152 × 133 × 54 cm) Buffet features two drawers and two door...
Marble
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H 67 in W 79 in D 16.5 in
Louis Majorelle Signed French Art Deco Rosewood Armoire Dresser or Bar Cabinet
By Louis Majorelle
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique French Art Nouveau or Art Deco armoire dresser or bar cabinet By Louis Majorelle (original label present) Paris, France, Circa 1890s Gorgeous rosewo...
Rosewood, Burl
Louis Majorelle "Aux algues" Office Suite
By Louis Majorelle
Located in New York, NY
This exceptional Art Nouveau "Aux algues" office suite crafted by Louis Majorelle showcases his remarkable talent and presents a rare opportunity for collectors. The suite, which inc...
Bronze
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H 23.5 in W 21.75 in D 13 in
Antique Art Nouveau Small Wooden Cabinet by Majorelle, France, Signed
By Louis Majorelle, Ecole de Nancy
Located in Detroit, MI
This lovely antique French Art Nouveau wood commode or nightstand was designed by Louis Majorelle and made in Nancy, France circa 1910-1920. This exceptional, museum-quality cabinet ...
Wood, Mahogany, Oak, Walnut
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H 58.67 in W 22.45 in D 14.18 in
Exceptional Art Nouveau Cabinet by Louis Majorelle 1900 French Antique Nancy
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Exquisite & breathtaking! This French antique Art Nouveau cabinet / etagere by Louis Majorelle 1900 Nancy France. The upper door inlaid i...
Walnut
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H 89.77 in W 63.78 in D 21.66 in
Antique French Art Nouveau Cabinet / Buffet by Louis Majorelle 1910 Walnut Glass
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous antique French art nouveau cabinet ''Les Blés" designed by master of art nouveau design: Louis Majorelle. Manufactured in the 1910s this marvelous walnut carved cabinet is decorated with hand carved ears...
Marble, Brass
French Art Deco Desk by Louis Majorelle
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
A French Art Deco desk produced by Louis Majorelle of exceptional quality as you would expect from this French Cabinetmaker. The use of unusual exotic veneers book matched and spaced...
Ebony, Mahogany, Oak, Tulipwood
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H 20 in W 28.75 in D 6.25 in
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Carved Wall Shelf by, Louis Majorelle
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Englewood, NJ
Early 20th century French Art Nouveau carved wood "Les Blés" (The Wheat) pattern wall shelf by, Louis Majorelle decorated with two shallow display shelves further carved with "Les Blés" (Wheat) decoration on each bend. The shelf is ready to hang. circa 1905. Measurements: height: 20 in. x width: 28.75 in. x depth: 6.25 in. Notes: Objects Diplayed Are Not Included Biography: Louis Majorelle, (Toul, 26 September 1859 – Nancy, 15 January 1926) born as Louis-Jean-Sylvestre Majorelle was a French decorator and furniture designer who manufactured his own designs, in the French tradition of the ébéniste. He was one of the outstanding designers of furniture in the Art Nouveau style, and after 1901 formally served as one of the vice-presidents of the École de Nancy. The Majorelle firm's factory was designed by famous École de Nancy architect Lucien Weissenburger (1860 – 1929) and located at 6, rue du Vieil-Aître in the western part of Nancy. In the 1880s Majorelle turned out pastiches of Louis XV furniture styles, which he exhibited in 1894 at the Exposition d'Art Décoratif et Industriel [Exposition of Decorative and Industrial Art] in Nancy, but the influence of the glass- and furniture-maker Emile Gallé (1846 – 1904) inspired him to take his production in new directions. Beginning in the 1890s, Majorelle's furniture, embellished with inlays, took their inspiration from nature: stems of plants, waterlily leaves, tendrils, dragonflies. Before 1900 he added a metalworking atelier to the workshops, to produce drawerpulls and mounts in keeping with the fluid lines of his woodwork. His studio also was responsible for the ironwork of balconies, staircase railings...
Wood
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H 73 in W 49.25 in D 16 in
20th Century French Art Nouveau "Fleurs d'Aubépine" Vitrine by, Louis Majorelle
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Englewood, NJ
An early 20th century fine and rare French Art Nouveau carved and inlaid Marquetry "Fleurs d'Aubépine" (Hawthorne flowers) walnut single door display cabinet by, French Master Furnit...
Bronze
‘Louis Majorelle’ Desk C.1910 Art Nouveau Paris.
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Rare, hand carved in 1900 an Art Nouveau desk by Louis Majorelle. Commissioned from the Atelier of Louis Majorelle and owned by the same family until 2020. Louis Majorelle produced ...
Mahogany
Signed Louis Majorelle Art Deco Cerused Oak Sideboard, 1920s
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Paris, IDF
This is an attractive and unique sideboard stamped by Louis Majorelle and produced by les Ateliers Majorelle in the early 1920s in Nancy. It features a smooth and geometrical cerused...
Wood