Louis Majorelle (French, 1859-1926)
Buffet with Vitrine, ca. 1900
Wood and bronze, 95 x 63 x 21 inches
Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Cabinet in two sections. Lower has two drawers under freize inlaid with branches of leaves and seed pods. Bronze handles in the form of goose heads with a snake in its' bill. Below drawers is a two door section. Doors are inlaid with geese and branches of leaves. Base inlay matches drawers. Upper section supported on each side by shaped panels inset with open work in the form of snails. The upper super structure contains a glass fronted vitrine and an open shelf above. Frame of vitrine inlaid to match drawer below. Restored Winter 1982.

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