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An early center of Art Nouveau developed at Nancy, in the French province of Lorraine, under the leadership of the glass and furniture designer Emile Galle. Beginning in the 1880s, Galle exhorted his colleagues to derive their ornament from the direct study of nature, citing the precedent of Japanese art. This naturalisticoncern is evident in details of the Museum's dressing table-sink by Louis Majorelle (1859-1926), a prominent member of Galle's circle. The bronze pulls, cast in the form of leaves and berries, are typical of the Ecole de Nancy Majorelle, however, went beyond the surface application of floral ornament to a fundamental reinterpretation of structure along organic lines, and was, as a result, considered the eccentric of the group. In this unique work, commissioned by Eugene Corbin, a noted patron of the Ecole de Nancy, Majorelle incorporated the technology of modern plumbing in a bold artistic statement, creating a structure that branches majestically outward like a lofty tree rising from a massive base. 1900-10. Honduras mahogany Macassar ebony gilt-bronze, mirror glass, with marble top, h. 86% in. Gift of The Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation, 1979.4 9
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