Important Design
Important Design
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
"Ambassade" Desk
Auction Closed
June 9, 06:24 PM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
"Ambassade" Desk
circa 1925
model no. 1041AR/1501NR
ébène de Macassar, leather, bronze and ivorine
branded Ruhlmann
28¾ x 69½ x 40¼ in. (73 x 176.5 x 102.2 cm)
Macklowe Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1984, p. 289
Ruhlmann: un génie de l’art déco, exh. cat., Musée des années 30 de Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, 2002, pp. 16, 19 (for the model presented in a period drawing for the Society of Decorative Arts in the French Embassy, 1925) and 26
Florence Camard, Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 165, 166 and 245 (for period photographs of the model in situ)
Ruhlmann: un génie de l’art déco, exh. cat., Musée des années 30 de Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, 2002, pp. 16, 19 (for the model presented in a period drawing for the Society of Decorative Arts in the French Embassy, 1925) and 26
Florence Camard, Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 165, 166 and 245 (for period photographs of the model in situ)