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Cabinet
Louis Majorellec. 1910
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The Majorelle family operated a large furniture making business at Nancy in eastern France. There they produced distinguished furniture in the Art Nouveau style. That style is well illustrated in the curvilinear, abstract wood marquetry (an inlaid, veneered pattern) on the doors of this cabinet.
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Details
- Title: Cabinet
- Creator: Louis Majorelle (French, 1859–1926)
- Date Created: c. 1910
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 130.8 x 162.5 x 58.4 cm (51 1/2 x 64 x 23 in.)
- Provenance: (Macklowe Gallery, New York).
- Type: Furniture and woodwork
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.53
- Medium: wood marquetry with metal mounts
- Fun Fact: Let your eye trace the sinuous lines and leafy forms of this chest. Its design emphasizes the beauty of the wood, celebrating nature. Louis Majorelle designed it in the Art Nouveau style.
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Culture: France, early 20th Century
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Furniture
- Accession Number: 1976.53
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