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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Pair of French Art Nouveau Mahogany Console Tables
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Art Nouveau mahogany bracket console tables with a floral carved apron supported on a single leg with "D" shaped yellow marble top (Signed with label: LOUIS MAJORELLE)...
Marble
Pair of Georgian Style Mahogany Demilune Console Tables
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous pair of mahogany demi-lune console tables or center table crafted in the Georgian taste. The tables have joining hardware that combine the demilunes into a round 38 inch dia...
Brass
Pair of French Art Deco Console Tables
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
French Art Deco Console Tables This stunning pair of console tables, elegantly produced in the 1920s from exquisite Mahogany and Indian rosewood. Each console table showcases a metic...
Mahogany, Rosewood
French Art Nouveau Gilt Console Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French Art Nouveau giltwood console table circa 1900, a sculptural piece of furniture that expresses the artistry of the period when every aspect of interior design was an opportunit...
Marble
Pair of Antique Mahogany Demi Lune Console Tables
Located in Dallas, TX
Good lines, great scale, no fuss. This handsome pair of antique mahogany demi-lune console tables is crafted in the neoclassical tradition, featuring richly figured mahogany tops wi...
Mahogany
Pair of Mahogany Classic Console Tables
Located in Westwood, NJ
Featuring a dark finish on rich mahogany crotch veneer and solids, this console table is both elegant and classic. Its curved corners and tapered legs create a refined French 18th-c...
Wood
Art Nouveau console table, Portugal, 1910s
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Elegant console table in pure Art Nouveau style, 1910’s Has a brass plaque indicating the manufacturer: "Lusitana Marcenaria" based in Coimbra, Portugal, founded in 1911 Very good co...
Wood
Pair of Art Deco Console Tables
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Art Deco style rectangular ash veneer top console table with a beveled base with a bronze finish accents and supported by angled tapered legs. Dimensions: 39.75" W x 13.5...
Metal
$4,500
H 34 in W 50 in D 20 in
French Art Nouveau Green Wrought Iron Marble Top Scrolling Console Hall Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Art Nouveau Green Wrought Iron Marble Top Scrolling Console Hall Table. Item features a patinated green scrolling wrought iron base with ornate floral work and stretch...
Marble, Wrought Iron
1930s French Art Deco Console Table in Mahogany
Located in Ulm, DE
Console table with nickeled metals on two bars Mahogany, high gloss lacquer Original Art Deco, France 1930s Dimensions: Width: 130 cm height: 94 cm Depth: 37 cm
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Pair of French Provincial Console Tables
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Provincial Neo Classic antiqued wood console table, with two frieze drawers and two further tiers between square tapering supports...
Wood
Pair of French Console Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Console Tables with Decorative Parisian Door Panel Where history meets modern artistry. This stunning pair of console tables transforms a salvaged Parisian entry door panel into an ...
Steel, Iron
$12,000
H 31.5 in W 41.74 in D 11.82 in
Console Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty in Iron, 1900, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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Iron
Art Nouveau Console and Mirror by Louis Majorelle
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Englewood, NJ
An amazing French Art Nouveau carved mahogany "Aux Algues" (seaweed) pattern mirror and console decorated with carved seaweed decoration throughout the corners. Measurements: C...
Wood