French Art Nouveau Marquetry Serving Tray

French Art Nouveau carved mahogany and bronze server by, Louis Majorelle decorated with fully carved floral rails, exotic fruitwood marquetry door with f...

A French Art Nouveau carved wood and inlaid exotic wood marquetry tri-cornered occasional table by Louis Majorelle, decorated with an inlaid marquetry top with leaf and berry exotic ...

An extremely fine and rare carved wood and inlaid marquetry single drawer "Magnolia" desk decorated with inlaid exotic wood marquetry of blooming magnolias with a beautifully carved ...

An early 20th century French Art Nouveau carved fruitwood & marquetry pedestal by, Emile Gallé featuring inlaid fruitwood marquetry depicting magnolias on the upper and a flowering m...

A pair of Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau carved wood "Aubépine" armchairs by, Louis Majorelle. Both chairs are decorated on their back edges, arms, legs and skirt with carved hawthorn leaves and berry decoration upholstered in a off/cream white light snake pattern. circa 1905 Measurements: height: 32.25 in. (81.92 cm) x width: 36.75 in. (93.35 cm) x depth: 21 in. (53.34 cm) Condition: chairs are in overall very good condition with light wear. Fabric is not period. Literature: Similar chairs are pictured in: -Majorelle - Nancy: décorations d'INTÉRIEURS: meubles, tentures, bronzes, ferronneries (the 1906 Majorelle catalogue), and in: Louis Majorelle: Master of Art Nouveau design, by Alastair Duncan, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991, p. 200. -Alastair Duncan, Louis Majorelle: Master of Art Nouveau Design, London, 1991, pp. 167, 183 and 200 -Majorelle: Un Art de Vivre Moderne, exh. cat., Musée de l'École de Nancy, France, 2009, p. 130 Biography : Louis Majorelle, (France; 1859 – 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...

French Art Nouveau carved mahogany and burled walnut three tier display pedestal by, Louis Majorelle. The selette is signed, "L Majorelle Nancy."

Serving Tray Sakai, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. Handcrafted with precision and care, the Sakai serving tray presents the art of ma...

- A decorative fruit/bread basket or tray - Made of partially perforated pewter - With intricate details and fine period features - It is numbered and signed by an anonymous Frenc...

Serving Tray Sakai, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. Handcrafted with precision and care, the Sakai serving tray presents the art of ma...

Serving Tray Sakai, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. Handcrafted with precision and care, the Sakai serving tray presents the art of ma...

Serving Tray Sakai, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. Handcrafted with precision and care, the Sakai serving tray presents the art of marquetry in its most refined form, where high-quality wood veneers seamlessly merge to form intricate patterns and designs. Adorned with brass handles, the sophisticated finish seamlessly harmonizes with the natural colors and textures of the marquetry. A testament to savoir-faire and meticulous craftsmanship, the Sakai serving tray in marquetry art...

French Art Nouveau Bronze card tray or Pin Tray, Vide - Poche, 1920s This absolutely adorable card tray or pin tray, Vide - Poche, is made of bronze ...