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Property from an Important American Collection

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

An Important and Rare Pair of "Gonse" Armchairs

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December 10, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

750,000 - 1,000,000 USD

Bid

550,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property from an Important American Collection

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

An Important and Rare Pair of "Gonse" Armchairs


circa 1930

model no. 278NR

macassar ebony, fabric upholstery

each branded Ruhlmann

29 x 25 ⅞ x 43 ¾ in. (73.7 x 65.7 x 111.1 cm) each

Michael Chow, Los Angeles

DeLorenzo Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2006

Léon Moussinac, Croquis de Ruhlmann, 1924, n.p. (for a preliminary sketch of the model)

Raymond Foulk, Centenary Exhibition: Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, London, 1979, pl. 27 (for a related example)

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, Paris, 1983, pp. 159 and 261

Philippe Garner, "Chow Wow", House and Garden, May, 1988, pp. 168-169

Emmanuel Bréon, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann: Furniture, Paris, 2004, pp. 103 and 105 (for a drawing of the model)

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 333 and 397