Lot Essay
This model is recorded under number 1523 NR and 2201 AR in the Ruhlmann Archives, Musée des Années 30, Boulogne Billancourt, Paris.
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'Bonheur du Jour' Cabinet, circa 1920
Details
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
'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
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
F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, p. 196 for a similar model
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