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Property from the Collection of Jean Denoyer

ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN | THREE-PIECE SALON SUITE

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July 30, 06:21 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

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Property from the Collection of Jean Denoyer

ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN

THREE-PIECE SALON SUITE


circa 1932

comprising a sofa and pair of armchairs

elm, beech, fabric upholstery

sofa: 27¼ x 68 x 28½ in. (69.1 x 170.1 x 71.1 cm)

armchairs: 31¼ x 32½ x 35¾ in. (78.7 x 82.5 x 81.2 cm) each

Galerie Vallois, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Société des Artistes Décorateurs, ed., Intérieurs au Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris 1932, Paris, 1932, pl. 1-3 and 5-6 (for photographs of the suite model at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs)

Gaston Varenne, "Le XXIIe Salon des Artistes Décorateurs," Art et Décoration, July 1932, pp. 218-219 (for photographs of the above mentioned suite)

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1983, p. 109  (for a photograph of the above mentioned suite)

Emmanuel Bréon, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann: The Designer's Archives, vol. 1, Paris, 2004, p. 21 (for a photograph of the above mentioned suite)

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 362, 365 and 428 (for photographs of the above mentioned suite)

The models were first introduced at the Rendez-vous des Pêcheurs de Truites exhibition stand at the 1932 Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris.