Lot 125
125
The Property of a Gentleman
AN AMBOYNA AND GILT BRONZE DINING TABLE

JACQUES-EMILE RUHLMANN, 1930

Details
AN AMBOYNA AND GILT BRONZE DINING TABLE
Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, 1930
The rectangular top raised on either end by lyre-shaped supports with gilt bronze accents, each end with a pull-out extension, branded Ruhlmann
30in. (76.2cm.) high, 118in. (299.7cm.) long, 55in. (139.7cm.) wide, with two extensions, each 29½in. (74.9cm.) long
Provenance
Conde de Vizella, Oporto, Portugal
Martins-Forest Antiques, London

Lot Essay

This table is number five of a series of five lyre-based tables built by Ruhlmann, the first of which was included in the Hôtel du Collectionneur at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925. This table is accompanied by the original "certificat de fabrication". For an illustration of this model, see Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, 1983, p. 160.