Sale 6106
London
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12 May 1999
Price realised
GBP 155,500
Estimate
A UNIQUE MACASSAR EBONY AND SILVERED BRONZE DESK DESIGNED BY JACQUES-EMILE RUHLMANN, 1926 THE SOLID MACASSAR EBONY FRAME WITH CENTRAL FRIEZE DRAWER FLANKED BY TWIN DRAWERS, THE WHOLE BRACED WITH FINE SILVERED BRONZE ELEMENTS, FLUTED SILVERED BRONZE LEGS, ORIGINAL KEY 29IN. (75CM.) HIGH; 59IN. (151CM.) LONG; 33IN. (85CM.) DEEP
Provenance
PRIVATE COLLECTION.
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Literature
CF: UNE ETAPE VERS LE MEUBLE MTALLIQUE?, ART ET DCORATION, 1926 FLORENCE CAMARD, RUHLMANN. MASTER OF ART DECO, LONDON, 1984, PP. 115 & 167 - ILLUSTRATED IN SITU
Exhibited
SALON DES ARTISTES DCORATEURS, 1926.
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