Important Design

Important Design

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Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

Set of Six "Drouant" Side Chairs

Restricted Species

Auction Closed

June 6, 04:43 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

Set of Six "Drouant" Side Chairs


circa 1925

model no. 68AR/1NR

offered en suite with the following lot

rosewood, silvered bronze, velvet upholstery

33 x 17 x 22 ¼ in. (83.8 x 43.2 x 56.5 cm) each

Ronald K. Parker, New York

Private Collection, acquired from the above, 1999

Sotheby's New York, May 23, 2019, lot 75

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Pierre Kjellberg, Art Deco: Les Maîtres du Mobilier & Le Décor des Paquebots, Paris, 2000, p. 207 (for a related example)

Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier du XXème Siècle, Paris, 2000, p. 578 (for a related example)

Emmanuel Bréon, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann: The Designer’s Archives, vol. 1, Paris, 2004, p. 47

Emmanuel Bréon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, p. 57 (for a related example)

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 188 and 207 (for a related example)

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