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Property from an Important Private Collection

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

"Davène" Bookcase

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Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Bid

70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Private Collection

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

"Davène" Bookcase


circa 1925

model no. 2063AR and 2439NR

macassar ebony, rosewood, ivorine

branded Ruhlmann four times and with the Atelier B mark

51 x 114 ¾ x 14 ½ in. (129.5 x 291.5 x 98.3 cm)

DeLorenzo Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1992

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, Paris, 1983, pp. 115 and 166 (for period photographs of a larger variant of the model) and 291 (for a related example)

Ruhlmann: Un Génie de L'Art Déco, exh. cat., Musée des Années 30, Paris, 2002, pp. 55 and 108 (for period photographs of a larger variant of the model) and 219, 236-237 (for drawings of a larger variant of the model)

Emmanuel Bréon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, pp. 57 and 110 (for the above mentioned period photographs) and 248-249 (for the above mentioned drawings)

Emmanuel Bréon, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann: Furniture, Paris, 2004, p. 17 (for a related examplel)

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 205, 210, 212, 338, and 341 (for period photographs of a larger variant of the model)