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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Guéridon Nénuphar (Water Lily Pedestal Table)
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Guéridon Nénuphar (Water Lily Pedestal Table)

Manufacturer Louis Majorelle (French, 1859-1926)
CultureFrench
Date1901-1902
MediumMahogany, marble, and gilded bronze
Dimensions31 3/4 × 30 1/2 in. (80.6 × 77.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.3200
Not on view
DescriptionRouge marble top set on a mahogany frame supported by three legs mounted in gilt bronze in the form of water lilies and leaves. Shelf below of burl wood. Restored 1983.

Label TextLouis Majorelle French, 1859–1926 "Aux Nénuphars" Gueridon ("At the Waterlilies" Table), ca. 1902 Mahogany, marble, and gilded bronze Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.3200
Image scanned and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Louis Majorelle
ca. 1900
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2020
Louis Majorelle
ca. 1900
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2020
Louis Majorelle
ca. 1900
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
ca. 1840
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Gebrüder Thonet (Thonet Brothers)
ca. 1900
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.
Louis Majorelle
ca. 1900
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
Unknown
ca. 1815