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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 107,671 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Louis Majorelle is the 59th most popular designer (down from 57th in 2019), the 3,336th most popular biography from France (down from 3,227th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Designer.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Louis Majorelle ranks 59 out of 86Before him are Milton Glaser, Enzo Mari, Paul Smith, Paul Rand, Kaj Franck, and Domenico Dolce. After him are Hans Wegner, Milena Canonero, Virgil Abloh, Storm Thorgerson, Ruth St. Denis, and Laura Ashley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Louis Majorelle ranks 80Before him are Aurel Stodola, Paja Jovanović, Kosta Khetagurov, Samuel Alexander, Maurice Paléologue, and Constantine VI of Constantinople. After him are Nikolay Gamaleya, Victor Loret, Childe Hassam, Paul César Helleu, Karin Bergöö Larsson, and August Enna. Among people deceased in 1926, Louis Majorelle ranks 68Before him are Charles Angrand, Franz von Soxhlet, Josias von Heeringen, Jean Richepin, Juan Benlloch i Vivó, and Olga Wisinger-Florian. After him are Sanford B. Dole, Israel Zangwill, Georg Friedrich Knapp, André Gedalge, Srečko Kosovel, and Vladimir Steklov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Majorelle ranks 3,336 out of 6,011Before him are René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou (1714), Gaston Tissandier (1843), Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (1853), Henri Brisson (1835), Madeleine Renaud (1900), and Beatrice of England (1242). After him are Sylvain Wiltord (1974), Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber (1924), Émile Mâle (1862), Michèle Arnaud (1919), Michel Hazanavicius (1967), and Pierre Poivre (1719).

Among DESIGNERS In France

Among designers born in France, Louis Majorelle ranks 10Before him are Claude Garamond (1499), Pierre Balmain (1914), Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811), Jeanne Lanvin (1867), Nicolas Jenson (1420), and Diana Vreeland (1903).