Buffet with Vitrine
Manufacturer
Louis Majorelle
(French, 1859-1926)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1900
MediumBronze, mixed woods, and glass
Dimensions95 3/4 × 64 × 21 3/4 in. (243.2 × 162.6 × 55.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.1149
Not on view
DescriptionCabinet in two sections. Lower has two drawers under freize inlaid with branches of leaves and seed pods. Bronze handles in the form of goose heads with a snake in its' bill. Below drawers is a two door section. Doors are inlaid with geese and branches of leaves. Base inlay matches drawers. Upper section supported on each side by shaped panels inset with open work in the form of snails. The upper super structure contains a glass fronted vitrine and an open shelf above. Frame of vitrine inlaid to match drawer below. Restored Winter 1982.Label TextLouis Majorelle French, 1859–1926 Buffet with Vitrine, ca. 1900 Bronze, mixed woods, and glass Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.1149 Published ReferencesAlastair Duncan, LOUIS MAJORELLE: MASTER OF ART NOUVEAU DESIGN, (Thames & Hudson: London, 1991), plate 27 (color).
