EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)

AN EXTENDING DINING TABLE, CIRCA 1925

Details

EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
AN EXTENDING DINING TABLE, CIRCA 1925
burl amboyna with brass details
30 3/8 in. (77.2 cm.) high, 98¾ in. (251 cm.) wide, 47¼ in. (120 cm.) deep (not extended); each extension: 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) wide
table and chairs branded Ruhlmann and table with an A

Provenance

Lillian Nassau, New York;
Private Collection, New York;
Christie's, New York, 4 October 1980, lot 330.

Literature

J. Applegate, Art Deco, exhibition catalogue, Finch College Museum of Art, New York, 1970, cat. no. 242;
B. Hillier, The World of Art Deco, exhibition catalogue, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, New York, 1971, p. 61, cat. no. 90.

Exhibited

New York, The Finch College Museum of Art, Art Déco, October - November 1970, no. 242;
Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The World of Art Deco, July - September 1971, no. 90-91.

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Lot Essay

cf. Encyclopedie des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes au XXème Siècle, New York/London, vol. IV, pl. VI;
E. Bréon and R. Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, exhibition catalogue, Musée des Années 30, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paris, 2004, pp. 50, 135;
F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 176, 230, 354, ref. no. 1051AR-1308NR.

Reference no. 1051AR-1308NR in the Ruhlmann Archives, Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt.

CAPTION FOR PERIOD INSITU OF DINING ROOM SUITE: Pavillon du Collectionneur, Paris, 1925

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