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Source Description
The Majorelle family operated a large furniture making business at Nancy in eastern France. There they produced distinguished furniture in the Art Nouveau style. That style is well illustrated in the curvilinear, abstract wood marquetry (an inlaid, veneered pattern) on the doors of this cabinet.
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Document identity
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148803
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Cabinet
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object
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Source metadata
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148803
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object
title
Cabinet
description
The Majorelle family operated a large furniture making business at Nancy in eastern France. There they produced distinguished furniture in the Art Nouveau style. That style is well illustrated in the curvilinear, abstract wood marquetry (an inlaid, veneered pattern) on the doors of this cabinet.
date
c. 1910
citation
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60778405
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12737
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Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 130.8 x 162.5 x 58.4 cm (51 1/2 x 64 x 23 in.)
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France, early 20th Century
accession
1976.53
Source extras
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wood marquetry with metal mounts
tombstone
Cabinet, c. 1910. Louis Majorelle (French, 1859–1926). Wood marquetry with metal mounts; overall: 130.8 x 162.5 x 58.4 cm (51 1/2 x 64 x 23 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1976.53
collection
Furniture
didYouKnow
Let your eye trace the sinuous lines and leafy forms of this chest. Its design emphasizes the beauty of the wood, celebrating nature. Louis Majorelle designed it in the Art Nouveau style.
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 226
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John L. Severance Fund
galleryDonorText
Victoire and Alfred Rankin Jr. Gallery
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2026-05-29 07:38:32.755000
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148803
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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wood marquetry with metal mounts
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male
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