Sale 1790
New York
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18 December 2007
Price realised
USD 46,600
Estimate
EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933) A Hand-Knotted Wool Carpet, circa 1925 94 in. (238.8 cm.) diameter
Provenance
With DeLorenzo Gallery, New York.
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cf. F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Master of Art Deco, New York, 1984, p. 239 for a sketch of this carpet design.
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