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ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
'Collectionneur' Dressing Table, circa 1925
Macassar ebony, shagreen, ivorine, mirrored glass, silvered bronze
48 1/2 x 36 1/4 x 20 in. (123.2 x 92 x 50.8 cm)
branded Ruhlmann with the Atelier mark B
Provenance
Christie’s, Monaco, 15 June 1988, lot 135
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
"Notre Enquete sur le Mobilier moderne J.-E.-Ruhlmann, Art et Decoration, no. 217, Paris, 1920, (related sketch)
Croquis de Ruhlmann, Paris, 1924, n.p. (sketch)
A. Lesieutre, The Spirit and Splendour of Art Deco, New York, 1974, n.p., no. 113
Y. Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Paris, 1975, p. 55 (for an in situ photograph)
A. Lederfajn, X. Lenormand, 1930 Quand le meuble devient sculpture, exh. cat., Les Louvre des Antiquaires, Paris, 1981, n.p., no. 4
F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 1983, pp. 21, 69, 181
F. Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1984, pp. 21, 69, 181
V. Arwas, Art Deco, New York, 1986, p. 58
M. Battersby, The Decorative Twenties, New York, 1988, p. 54 (for a period photograph)
A. Bony, Les Annees 20, Paris, 1989, p. 838
Ruhlmann: Un génie de l'art déco, exh. cat., Paris, 2001, pp. 137, 256, 258
E. Bréon, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann: interior design, Paris, 2004, pp. 101-102
E. Bréon, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann: furniture, Paris, 2004, pp. 13, 98-99 (for a related example)
E. Bréon, R. Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, pp. 5, 50, 151, 196-199
F. Camard, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 124, 180
F. Camard, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, New York, 2011, pp. 124, 180
Post lot text
This model is referenced under number 1514 (Ancien référencier) and number 1822 (Nouveau référencier) in the Ruhlmann archives, Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt.