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1901 CE
Majorelle's style incorporates a modified flowing line with polished woods, highlighted by Art Nouveau bronze mounts in the eighteenth-century tradition.
the son of a cabinetmaker, was trained as a painter and went in 1877 to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied under Jean-François Millet.
After his father's death in 1879, he returned to Nancy to manage the family workshop.
Concentrating on the design of furniture, Majorelle moved from eighteenth-century reproductions to the developing style of Art Nouveau and began (to produce works conceived in that style.
While still adhering to the quality of handcraftsmanship, Majorelle maintains a modern workshop that incorporates both machine- and hand-labor in wood, marquetry, bronze, cabinetry, and sculpture.
Thus, he increases production and decreases price, an administrative achievement that accounts for his enormous success.
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