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Lot Essay
cf. R. Chavance, 'L'art décoratif contemporain au Pavillon de Marsan', Art et Décoration, Paris, 1923, vol. 1, p. 114.
F. Camard, Ruhlmann Master of Art Deco, London, 1983, pp. 33, 80, 134 and 202.
These armchairs correspond to an idea first developed by Ruhlmann in the form of a sketch elevation, one of a number of preliminary designs for furniture published in 1917-18. Contemporary photographs show various versions of the design incorporated in interior schemes including the ground floor of L'Hôtel Ruhlmann from 1923-24 and in the Games Room on the liner Île-de-France of 1927.
The present pair are from a set of four acquired by Paris gallery L'Arc en Seine from an old Paris collection. One pair was sold to a US client, the other to Dakis Joannou.
F. Camard, Ruhlmann Master of Art Deco, London, 1983, pp. 33, 80, 134 and 202.
These armchairs correspond to an idea first developed by Ruhlmann in the form of a sketch elevation, one of a number of preliminary designs for furniture published in 1917-18. Contemporary photographs show various versions of the design incorporated in interior schemes including the ground floor of L'Hôtel Ruhlmann from 1923-24 and in the Games Room on the liner Île-de-France of 1927.
The present pair are from a set of four acquired by Paris gallery L'Arc en Seine from an old Paris collection. One pair was sold to a US client, the other to Dakis Joannou.