Sale 6106
London
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12 May 1999
Price realised
GBP 183,000
Estimate
'NICOLLE', A MACASSAR EBONY, TORTOISESHELL AND IVORY INLAID CABINET DESIGNED BY JACQUES-EMILE RUHLMANN, 1926 SHAPED PEDIMENTAL TOP ABOVE RECTANGULAR TWIN DOORED CABINET VENEERED WITH SQUARES OF RED TORTOISESHELL WITH ONE CENTRAL CIRCULAR IVORY ESCUTCHEON AND BORDERED WITH IVORY DENTIL DECORATION, THE WHOLE SET ON SLENDER RIBBED FUSEAU LEGS TERMINATING IN IVORY SABOTS, THE INTERIOR WITH FIVE SHALLOW DRAWERS FLANKED BY COMPARTMENTS WITH SINGLE SHELVES 43IN. (109.2CM.) HIGH; 36IN. (92.7CM.) WIDE; 18IN. (45.7CM.) DEEP BRANDED RUHLMANN AND 0
Provenance
FELIX MARCILHAC. PRIVATE COLLECTION.
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Literature
CF: CAMARD, OP. CIT., PP. 37, 48, 57, 71, 115, 175
Exhibited
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