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Property from a Private Connecticut Collection

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

Set of Eight "Drouant" Side Chairs

Auction Closed

December 6, 05:52 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Connecticut Collection

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

Set of Eight "Drouant" Side Chairs


circa 1930

model no. 68AR/1NR

walnut, gilt bronze, leather upholstery

five chairs branded Ruhlmann

31½ x 16 x 18 in. (80 x 40.7 x 45.7 cm) each

Christie's New York, May 27, 2021, lot 248
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann Master of Art Deco, New York, 1984, pp. 125 and 149
Yvonne Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Paris, 1987, p. 63
Emmanuel Bréon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann, un génie de l'Art Déco, Paris, 2002, pp. 55 and 197