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Jacques Émile Ruhlmann

Bureau de dame, variant of n° 1528AR / 1821NR model

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Auction Closed

May 28, 05:43 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

Jacques Emile Ruhlmann


Bureau de dame, variant of n° 1528AR / 1821NR model


Circa 1924

Ash burl, oak, shagreen, ivory and silvered bronze

72 x 78 x 45,5 cm ; 23 ⅜ x 30 ¾ x 17 ⅞ in.

Veuillez noter que ce lot contient de l'ivoire d'éléphant. Conformément à la loi britannique sur l'ivoire (UK Ivory Act 2018), les clients basés au Royaume-Uni ne sont pas en mesure d'enchérir ou d'acheter ce lot. Please note that this lot contains elephant ivory. Pursuant to the UK Ivory Act 2018, clients based in the United Kingdom are not able to bid on / purchase this lot. Veuillez noter que ce lot contient de l’ivoire d’éléphant et que conformément au règlement européen 2021/2280 du 16 décembre 2021, l’exportation de biens contenant cette matière hors de l’UE est interdite. Sotheby’s sera en mesure de délivrer à l’acquéreur le certificat intracommunautaire concernant ce bien. Please note that this lot contains elephant ivory the export of which outside the EU is now prohibited pursuant to European regulation 2021/2280 of 16 December 2021. Sotheby's will be able to provide the buyer with the intra-community certificate attached to this item.

Private collection, Belgium, acquired in 1980

Gabriel Mourey, Histoire générale de l'Art Français de la Révolution à nos jours, Tome III, L'art décoratif, Paris, 1925, p. 289

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, p. 160

A same model of Bureau de dame was displayed in Chambre de jeune fille ou de jeune femme exhibition, Galerie Ruhlmann, 27 rue de Lisbonne in Paris, from May 13 to June 5, 1924.


Please note that this lot contains elephant ivory the export of which outside the EU is now prohibited pursuant to European regulation 2021/2280 of 16 December 2021. Sotheby's will be able to provide the buyer with the intra-community certificate attached to this item.


Please note that this lot contains elephant ivory the export of which outside the EU is now prohibited pursuant to European regulation 2021/2280 of 16 December 2021. Sotheby's will be able to provide the buyer with the intra-community certificate attached to this item.