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The man himself, photographed in his home.

The Majorelle firm's factory was designed by famous École de Nancy architect Lucien Weissenburger (1860 – 1929) and located at 6, rue d...

Majorelle died in Nancy in 1926. After his death, his family, whose fortunes had been damaged severely by the war, could no longer afford to...

In 1898, Majorelle hired Henri Sauvage (1873 – 1932), a young Parisian architect, to collaborate with Weissenburger on the building of his o...

His early work was in a Rococo style but as a member of the Nancy School he was influenced by Gallé and adopted Art Nouveau forms, creating ...

In 1894, Louis Majorelle created a complete new collection models using inlays inspired by naturalism and symbolism. Particularly well-known...

A mahogany bed, known as the Nénuphar bed for its water lily motifs, designed and manufactured by Louis Majorelle around 1902-3, on display...

In 1861, his father, Auguste Majorelle (1825 – 1879), who himself was a furniture designer and manufacturer, moved the family from Toul to N...

Louis Majorelle (Toul, 1859-1926) was a decorator and furniture designer who manufactured his own designs, in the French tradition of the Eb...