Important Design

Important Design

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Property from the Brooklyn Museum, Sold to Support Museum Collections

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

A Rare Cabinet

Auction Closed

December 8, 09:48 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Brooklyn Museum, Sold to Support Museum Collections

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

A Rare Cabinet


circa 1924

offered together with two period keys

lacquered wood, silvered bronze

branded Ruhlmann twice and with the Atelier B mark

74½ x 107⅛ x 23½ in. (189.2 x 272.2 x 59.6 cm)

Eva and Michael Chow, Los Angeles
Gift of Eva and Michael Chow to the Brooklyn Museum, 2004
The present design is a rare variant of the "Maeght" Cabinet, model no. 2026 AR.