Cross-Currents in America: The Wolf Family Collection
Cross-Currents in America: The Wolf Family Collection
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
"Cla-Cla" Table
Auction Closed
April 21, 06:04 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
"Cla-Cla" Table
Executed circa 1926.
model no. 1260NR/1070AR
executed by cabinetmaker Jules Deroubaix, Paris
ébène de macassar, bronze
branded Ruhlmann, impressed DEROUBAIX and with the Atelier B mark
32 3/4 x 31 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (83.2 x 80 x 47 cm.)
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
Christie's New York, January 25, 1992, lot 161
Wolf Family Collection No. 1036 (acquired from the above)
Ruhlmann: Un Génie de L'Art Déco, exh. cat., Musée des Années 30, Paris, 2002, p. 173
Emmanuel Bréon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, pp. 211-212 (for the above mentioned period photograph)
Emmanuel Bréon, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann: Furniture, Boulogne-Billancourt, 2004, pp. 107 (for a drawing of the model) and 108 (for a period photograph of the model)
Florence Camard, Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 282, 284-285 (for period photographs of the model) and 286
Jules Deroubaix started in the workshop of Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann in 1926, where he established himself as the Art Deco designer’s favorite ébéniste or cabinetmaker. Over the course of five years, he contributed to the execution of a number of Ruhlmann’s elegant designs, including the present “Cla Cla” reading table which bears his stamp. The table exemplifies his expert craftsmanship, executed in a rich macassar ebony with an adjustable mechanism that allows for multiple positions for reading and display. Another example of the model is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.