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Louis Majorelle

1859 - 1926

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Louis-Jean-Sylvestre Majorelle, usually known simply as Louis Majorelle, (26 September 1859 – 15 January 1926) was a French decorator and furniture designer who manufactured his own designs, in the French tradition of the ébéniste. He was one of the outstanding designers of furniture in the Art Nouveau style, and after 1901 formally served as one of the vice-presidents of the École de Nancy. Louis Majorelle is one of those who contributed the most to the transformation of furniture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Majorelle has received more than 116,532 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Louis Majorelle is the 54th most popular designer (up from 59th in 2019), the 3,314th most popular biography from France (up from 3,322nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Designer.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Louis Majorelle ranks 54 out of 104. Before him are John Baskerville, Eiko Ishioka, Syd Mead, Milton Glaser, Laura Biagiotti, and Georg Jensen. After him are Paul Rand, Anton Koberger, Victor Papanek, Enzo Mari, Diana Vreeland, and Hans Wegner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Louis Majorelle ranks 77. Before him are Kostis Palamas, August von Gödrich, Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, Christian von Ehrenfels, Ernst Hartert, and Victor Loret. After him are Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia, Samuel Alexander, Kosta Khetagurov, Otto Hölder, August Enna, and Fanny Bullock Workman. Among people deceased in 1926, Louis Majorelle ranks 64. Before him are Carlos Schwabe, Enrico Toselli, Jean Richepin, Krste Misirkov, Georges Vézina, and Luther Burbank. After him are Bertha Wegmann, Franz von Soxhlet, William Larned, Sanford B. Dole, Hans von Koessler, and Olga Wisinger-Florian.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Majorelle ranks 3,314 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Joseph Mounier (1758), Yvonne Furneaux (1926), Paul Ranson (1861), Louisa Maria Stuart (1692), Louis-Sébastien Lenormand (1757), and Prince Dimitri Romanov (1926). After him are Gustave Trouvé (1839), Michel Barnier (1951), André Gobert (1890), José Giovanni (1923), Michel Deville (1931), and Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825).

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Among DESIGNERS In France

Among designers born in France, Louis Majorelle ranks 8. Before him are Philippe Starck (1949), Raymond Loewy (1893), Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811), Pierre Balmain (1914), Claude Garamond (1499), and Jeanne Lanvin (1867). After him are Diana Vreeland (1903), Nicolas Jenson (1420), and Jean Louis (1907).

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