1989.40.A-C, Cabinet, c. 1900–1910, Louis Majorelle (French, 1859–1926), maker, Mahogany, oak, walnut, exotic hardwoods, and gilt bronze

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
Although design centers in Belgium and Germany produced distinctive objects in the undulating Art Nouveau style, the city of Nancy, France, in the northeastern province of Lorraine was the most important center of this style between 1890 and 1910.

1998.47.A-D, Warren McArthur, Dressing table with mirror (model no. 412), 1940, Aluminum, wood, glass, Formica, and rubber

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Warren McArthur’s vanity showcases the new materials and sleek lines of mid-20th-century design. In his furnishings, he celebrated how separate parts were put together, as seen in the screw-on finial caps and joints between aluminum components.

2017.46, Sphere Flower Vase, Lurelle Guild (American, 1898–1986), designer, International Silver Company (American, founded 1898), manufacturer, silverplate

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Lurelle Guild developed American industrial design and introduced Modernism into home furnishing and decorative arts during the 1930s.

Famille rose

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The famille rose palette is distinguished by an opaque and semi-opaque enamel derived from gold and used to produce a range of colors, from a deep ruby to a pale pink, by adding an opaque white enamel. This opaque white also enabled the artist to shade in much the same manner as a painter in oils.

1985.40 Yoshida

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Hiroshi Yoshida was the first of a multi-generation family of well-known printmakers. He began his career as a painter whose work was very popular in Europe and America. In the 1920s, he began making prints based on his paintings, and he was equally successful in both media.
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