AN IVORY INLAID, AMBOYNA AND MACASSAR EBONY COIFFEUSE 'MOREL' NO. 1522

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AN IVORY INLAID, AMBOYNA AND MACASSAR EBONY COIFFEUSE 'MOREL' NO. 1522
DESIGNED BY JACQUES-EMILE RUHLMANN IN 1920

The central top inlaid with a circle of ivory dots, circular bronze-mounted mirror in swing support with amboyna veneered back, macassar ebony drop-in fitted side trays, single frieze drawer with ivory knob handle, slender tapering square-section legs with ivory sabots, the underside with branded mark Ruhlmann, traces of remains of paper label with number 15....
55 1/2in. (141.75cm.) high; 20in. (50.75cm.) wide; 12 3/4in. (32.75cm.) deep

Provenance

Marcel Wolfers, thence by descent.

Lot Essay

Purchased by Marcel and Clairette for the bedroom of their new apartment, circa 1928.
See contemporary photograph of this dressing table in its original setting, reproduced above with lots 205 and 206, another view with lot 209
Cf: Ibid, p. 223, Ruhlmann's design for this model dated 1920

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