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    Sale 5582

    Arts Décoratifs du XXème Siècle et Design

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    26 November 2009

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    Lot 12

    EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)

    SUSPENSION 'NID DE PIE', LE MODELE CREE VERS 1920, CELLE-CI EN 1925

    Price realised

    EUR 85,000

    Estimate

    EUR 30,000 - EUR 40,000

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    EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
    SUSPENSION 'NID DE PIE', LE MODELE CREE VERS 1920, CELLE-CI EN 1925
    La coupe semi sphérique en albâtre, retenue par trois cordages réunis au plafond par un cache bélière en bronze argenté circulaire et cannelé
    Hauteur : 110 cm. (43¼ in.) ; Diamètre de la coupe : 26 cm. (10¼ in.)

    Provenance

    Appartement de Lord Rothermere, 154 avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris, 1925.
    Collection privée.

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    Lot Essay

    Albert Lévy, Répertoire du goût moderne-IV, éditions Albert Lévy, Paris, 1928, pl. 25 pour un dessin présentant le même modèle dans une étude de salle de bains

    Référencée sous le numéro 3013 (Ancien Référencier) dans les archives Ruhlmann, conservées au Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne Billancourt

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    Post Lot Text

    'NID DE PIE', AN ALABASTER AND SILVERED BRONZE CHANDELIER BY EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN, THE MODEL DESIGNED CIRCA 1920, THIS ONE EXECUTED IN 1925


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