The Perelman Collection: Masterworks of Design

The Perelman Collection: Masterworks of Design

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Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann

“Basse-Boule” Coffee Table

Auction Closed

December 6, 07:17 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 250,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann

“Basse-Boule” Coffee Table


circa 1918-1919

model no. 1110 NR/1032 AR

ébène de Macassar, amaranth, ivorine

branded Ruhlmann

20¼ x 57 x 30½ inches (51.4 x 144.8 x 77.5 x cm)

Christie's New York, June 10, 1989, lot 220
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, Paris, 1983, pp. 99 (for a period photograph of a related model) and 282 
Ruhlmann: Un Génie de L'Art Déco, exh. cat., Musée des Années 30, Paris, 2002, pp. 29 (for a drawing of the model), 170 (for period photographs of a related model) and 171
Alastair Duncan, Art Deco Complete, New York, 2009, p. 79