Lot Essay
Ruhlmann designed this bookcase for the Cité Universitaire, Paris, circa 1932.
A variant of this model is recorded under the number 2428aNR (Nouveau Référencier) in the Ruhlmann archives at the Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne-Billancourt.
cf. F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, p. 331 for a period photo of a student room at the at the Maison des Provinces Française at the Cité Universitaire, Paris.
A variant of this model is recorded under the number 2428aNR (Nouveau Référencier) in the Ruhlmann archives at the Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne-Billancourt.
cf. F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, p. 331 for a period photo of a student room at the at the Maison des Provinces Française at the Cité Universitaire, Paris.