EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)

A RARE PAIR OF 'BLOCH' TABLES, CIRCA 1926

Details

EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
A RARE PAIR OF 'BLOCH' TABLES, CIRCA 1926
macassar ebony, each with later glass top
each 27 3/8 in. (69.5 cm.) high, 25 5/8 in. (65 cm.) wide, 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) deep
each branded Ruhlmann with Atelier B stamp

Provenance

Alain Lesieutre, Paris;
Ader Picar Tajan, Paris, Collection Alain Lesieutre, 13 December 1989, lot 369;
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, 1930: Quand le Meuble Devient Sculpture, Le Louvre des Antiquaires, Paris, 1981, n. 12.

Exhibited

Paris, Louvre Des Antiquaires, 1930: Quand le Meuble Devient Sculpture, March - June 1981.

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Lot Essay

cf. F. Camard, Jacques Emile Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, CD, under 'Dessertes' for the drawing of this model.

This model is recorded under number 1219 NR (Nouveau Référencier) and 1048 AR (Ancien Référencier) in the Ruhlmann Archives, Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne Billancourt, Paris.

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