ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
'Bonheur du Jour' Cabinet, circa 1920
Makassar ebony, ivorine, silvered bronze
branded Ruhlmann
44 ¾ in. (113.7 cm) high; 21 in. (53.3 cm) wide; 13 ¾ in. (35 cm) deep
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Jourda, Paris Sotheby’s Monaco, 14 October 1990, lot 408 Claude and Simone Dray, Paris Christie’s Paris, Collection Claude et Simone Dray Art Deco, 8 June 2006, Lot 88 Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
E. Bréon, R. Pepall, Ruhlmann, un génie de l'Art Déco, Paris, 2002, pp. 181 F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, p. 196 for a similar model