'Cla Cla’ Reading Table, circa 1926

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ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
'Cla Cla’ Reading Table, circa 1926
Makassar ebony
branded Ruhlmann
extended 30 ¼ in. (76.7 cm) high; 31 ½ in. (80 cm) wide; 24 in. (61.3 cm) deep

Provenance

Private Collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 1984, p. 268
E. Breon and R. Pepall, Ruhlmann Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, pp. 173
F. Camard, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, p. 286

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Lot Essay

An example of the Cla Cla Table, in oak, is in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, New York (accession number 1986.399.2)
This model is recorded under number 1260 NR and 1070 AR in the Ruhlmann Archives, Musée des Années 30, Boulogne Billancourt, Paris.

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