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Cabinet from the Suite "La Mer", ca. 1910

  • Louis Majorelle, French, 1859-1926

Mahogany case, oak interior, various exotic wood veneers, mother-of-pearl, wrought iron mounts, glass shelves

  • Overall: 79 1/2 × 49 × 16 inches (201.9 × 124.5 × 40.6 cm)

Gift of Richard A. Manoogian

1994.126

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Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Signed, in marquetry, on the lower right corner of the backboard: L. Majorelle

Feldstein Collection (Los Angeles, California, USA)

(Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York, New York, USA)

Richard Manoogian (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)

1994-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Barnet, P. and M. Wilkinson. Highlights from Private Collections in Detroit. Exh. cat. Detroit, 1993, p. 88. Darr, A., and T. Albainy. "Acquisitions of European sculpture and decorative arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1988 - 1999." The Burlington Magazine 142 (June 2000): p. 412, no. XXVI (color ill.).

Louis Majorelle, Cabinet from the Suite "La Mer", ca. 1910, mahogany case, oak interior, various exotic wood veneers, mother-of-pearl, wrought iron mounts, glass shelves. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Richard A. Manoogian, 1994.126.