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Property from an Important New York Collection

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann and Jean Dunand

Pair of "Crapaud" Armchairs

Auction Closed

June 7, 06:14 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important New York Collection

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann and Jean Dunand

Pair of "Crapaud" Armchairs


circa 1925

model no. 266 NR/10 AR

lacquered wood, fabric upholstery

29¼ x 29 x 31½ in. (74.3 x 73.7 x 80 cm) each

DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1992
Yvonne Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Paris, 1975 p. 20
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, Paris, 1983, p. 166 (for a period photograph of the model)
Yvonne Brunhammer, Art Deco Style, New York, 1984, p. 20
Maurice Dufrene, Art Deco Interiors from the 1925 Paris Exhibition, Suffolk, 1989, p. 101 (for a period photograph of the model)
Ruhlmann: Un Génie de L'Art Déco, exh. cat., Musée des Années 30, Paris, 2002, p. 168 (for a period photograph of the model)
Emmanuel Bréon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, p. 254 (for a period photograph of the model)
Florence Camard, Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, p. 179