EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)

A PAIR OF `X-FORM' STOOLS, CIRCA 1928

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EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
A PAIR OF 'X-FORM' STOOLS, CIRCA 1928
macassar ebony, silvered-bronze sabots, re-upholstered in silk velvet
each 20 in. (50.3 cm.) high, 26 1/8 in. (66.3 cm.) wide, 18 5/8 in. (47.3 cm.) deep

Provenance

Galerie Vallois, Paris, 1990.

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Lot Essay

cf. F. Camard, Ruhlmann Master of Art Deco, Paris, 1993, p. 118 for a similar model exhibited at the 1928 Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, p. 147 for a similar model in situ in a salon designed by Ruhlmann and completed by Porteneuve;
F. Camard, Jacques Emile Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, CD, under ‘Poufs et X’ for the drawing of this model.

This model is recorded under number 73 AR (Ancien Référencier) and 482 NR (Nouveau Référencier) in the Ruhlmann Archives, Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne Billancourt, Paris.

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