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Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

Set of Seven "Drouant" Side Chairs

Auction Closed

June 6, 04:43 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

Set of Seven "Drouant" Side Chairs


circa 1925

model no. 68AR and 1NR

offered en suite with the preceding lot

rosewood, velvet upholstery

three chairs branded Ruhlmann

33 ½ x 16 ½ x 21 ¾ in. (85.1 x 41.9 x 55.2 cm) each

Private Collection

Sotheby's New York, May 23, 2019, lot 76

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Pierre Kjellberg, Art Deco: Les Maîtres du Mobilier & Le Décor des Paquebots, Paris, 2000, p. 207

Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier du XXème Siècle, Paris, 2000, p. 578

Emmanuel Bréon, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann: The Designer’s Archivesvol. 1, Paris, 2004, p. 47 (for a related example)

Emmanuel Bréon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, p. 57

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 188 (for a related example) and 207