ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
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ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
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ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)

Pair of 'Hydravion' Armchairs, circa 1923

Details
ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
Pair of 'Hydravion' Armchairs, circa 1923
Macassar ebony, silvered bronze, leather upholstery
29 3⁄4 x 28 x 35 in. (75.5 x 71 x 89 cm)
Provenance
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1995
Literature
F. Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1983, pp. 33 and 183 (for illustrations of this model), 80, 134, 202 (for period photographs of this model)
Ruhlmann: un génie de L’Art déco, exh. cat., Paris, 2001, pp. 229 (for an illustration of this model) and 197 (for a period photograph of this model)
E. Bréon, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann: The Designers Archives, vol. 1, Paris, 2004, p. 87 (for a sketch of the model)
F. Camard, Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 87 (for an illustration of this model), 112, 135 (for period photographs of this model)

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Lot Essay

This model is referenced under number 53 (Ancien référencier) and number 267 (Nouveau référencier) in the Ruhlmann archives, Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt.

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