COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1986.179
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AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2001
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2001
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Textiles
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Textiles
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Majorelle, Louis
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Majorelle, Louis
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Creator Nationality:
European; French
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European; French
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Creator Role:
designed by
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designed by
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
1859 - 1926
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1859 - 1926
Creator Dates/Places
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Biography:
Louis Majorelle, the son of a cabinet-maker, Auguste Majorelle, who worked in Nancy and specialized in reproduction 18th C. furniture. He was trained as a painter (under Millet in Paris) but gave up on painting and returned to Nancy to run the family workshops when his father died in 1879. Until 1890 he continued to work, like his father, in 18th C. styles for furniture. In the 1880s Gallé's first Art Nouveau pieces of furniture were made (in Nancy), and by 1900 Majorelle had so successfully turned over to the new style that he had become the main producer of Art Nouveau furniture adn perhaps Europe. He mechanized his workshops, which were said to have been 'organized in the manner of a big industrial concern': and although his factory produced nothing that could not have been made as well, if not better, by the techniques of hand-craftsmanship, it was able to produce luxury furniture at a price within the range of the middle class.
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Louis Majorelle, the son of a cabinet-maker, Auguste Majorelle, who worked in Nancy and specialized in reproduction 18th C. furniture. He was trained as a painter (under Millet in Paris) but gave up on painting and returned to Nancy to run the family workshops when his father died in 1879. Until 1890 he continued to work, like his father, in 18th C. styles for furniture. In the 1880s Gallé's first Art Nouveau pieces of furniture were made (in Nancy), and by 1900 Majorelle had so successfully turned over to the new style that he had become the main producer of Art Nouveau furniture adn perhaps Europe. He mechanized his workshops, which were said to have been 'organized in the manner of a big industrial concern': and although his factory produced nothing that could not have been made as well, if not better, by the techniques of hand-craftsmanship, it was able to produce luxury furniture at a price within the range of the middle class.
Biography
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Gender:
M
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M
Gender
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Creator Name-CRT:
Louis Majorelle
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Louis Majorelle
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Title:
Silk Textile
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Silk Textile
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
1900-1910
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1900-1910
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1900
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1900
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1910
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1910
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
tabby, patterned with complementary weft floats; silk
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tabby, patterned with complementary weft floats; silk
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Dimensions:
Overall: 46.6cm x 31.7cm
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Overall: 46.6cm x 31.7cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
1986.179
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1986.179
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Gift of Lloyd and Barbara Macklowe
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Gift of Lloyd and Barbara Macklowe
Credit Line
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1986.179.TIF
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CMA_.1986.179.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
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