Lot 306 D α

"Tournesols" chair by Louis Majorelle (1859 - 1926)

Auction 1217 - overview Berlin
22.04.2023, 15:00 - Berlin Salon
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €

"Tournesols" chair
by Louis Majorelle (1859 - 1926)

Solid mahogany and palisander, palisander, plane, wenge and other veneers, seat with later upholstery and textile cover. H 99, W 43, seat depth 42 cm.
Nancy, around 1900.

This chair model was produced for the Paris World Fair of 1900.

Provenance

From an important European private collection.

Literature

Cf. Lambert, Meubles de style moderne. Exposition Universelle de 1900. Sections Française et Étrangères, Paris 1900, pl. 6.