Console Desserte
Manufacturer
Louis Majorelle
(French, 1859-1926)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1900
MediumMixed woods, ormolu and mother-of-pearl
Dimensions75 1/4 × 61 3/4 × 23 1/2 in. (191.1 × 156.8 × 59.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number83.546
Not on view
DescriptionArched with open shelf. Carved leaves and berries in high relief. Two central frieze drawers and two cupboards. Ormolu drawer handles. Doors inlaid with grapes of mother-of-pearl leaves and a bird eating grapes on each door.Published ReferencesAlastair Duncan, LOUIS MAJORELLE: MASTER OF ART NOUVEAU DESIGN, (Thames & Hudson: London, 1991), plate 12 (color). Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 157, fig. 201. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1
