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

Carpet, designed circa 1923

Details
ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
Carpet, designed circa 1923
hand-knotted wool
14 ft. 6 in. x 9 ft. 10 in. (444 x 300 cm)
Provenance
Millon & Robert, 26 June 1996, lot 307
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
For a related variation:
A. Fréchet, Intérieurs Modernes. Mobilier et Décoration, Paris, 1930, pl. 28
M. Roux-Spitz, "L'arte decorativa francese (parte I)," Architettura e Arti Decorative, Milan, no. 3, 1923, p. 113
F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 1983, pp. 80 (for a period photograph of the model in the Pavillon de Marsan, Salon des artistes décorateurs, Paris, 1923), 99, 243 (for period photographs), 182 (for a drawing)
F. Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, London, 1984, pp. 80 (for a period photograph of the model in the Pavillon de Marsan, Salon des artistes décorateurs, Paris, 1923), 99, 243 (for period photographs), 182 (for a drawing)
Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2004, pp. 41, 100, 115, 178 (for period photographs)
Further details
A related model is recorded under number 2512AR/3105NR in the Ruhlmann Archives, Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt.

A related model was exhibited in the Pavillon de Marsan at the Salon des artistes décorateurs, Paris, 1923.

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