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Property from an Important New York Collection

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

"Crapaud" Armchair

Lot Closed

March 14, 05:37 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important New York Collection

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

"Crapaud" Armchair


circa 1925

model no. 266 NR/10 AR

ébène de Macassar, suede upholstery

29 1/2 x 28 1/4 x 29 1/2 in. (74.9 x 71.8 x 74.9 cm)

DeLorenzo Gallery, New York

Acquired through Peter Marino by the present owner, 1992

Yvonne Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Paris, 1975 p. 20

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, Paris, 1983, p. 166 (for a period photograph of the model)

Yvonne Brunhammer, Art Deco Style, New York, 1984, p. 20

Maurice Durfrene, Art Deco Interiors from the 1925 Paris Exhibition, Suffolk, 1989, p. 101 (for a period photograph of the model)

Ruhlmann: Un Génie de L'Art Déco, exh. cat., Musée des Années 30, Paris, 2002, p. 168 (for a period photograph of the model)

Emmanuel Bréon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, p. 254 (for a period photograph of the model)