A PAIR OF IVORY AND AMBOYNA CHEVETS

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A PAIR OF IVORY AND AMBOYNA CHEVETS
DESIGNED BY JACQUES-EMILE RUHLMANN CIRCA 1925

Each with rectangular top and slender flush fitting drawer with concealed lock, supported on block rectangular stem above gently raised base, on four flat ivory feet, ivory ball handles.
16 1/4in. (41.7cm.) high; 15 1/4in. (39cm.) wide; 9 3/4in. (24.7cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Marcel Wolfers, thence by descent.

Lot Essay

Purchased shortly after the completion of the bedroom furnishings in the Wolfers' Brussels apartment, circa 1930.
A table to the same design was exhibited in the Ruhlmann's bedroom scheme for the Hotel du Collectionneur, at the Paris 1925 Exhibition, reproduced: Florence Camard, Ruhlmann Master of Art Deco, p. 91

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