EMILE JACQUES-RUHLMANN (1879-1933)

A SIDEBOARD, CIRCA 1925

Details

EMILE JACQUES-RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
A SIDEBOARD, CIRCA 1925
burl amboyna, gilt-bronze details, with marble top and gilt-bronze plaque; center doors reveal oak interior with one shelf; side doors reveal oak interior with three adjustable shelves
42 in. (106.7 cm.) high, 77¾ in. (197.5 cm.) wide, 24½ in. (62.2 cm.) deep
branded Ruhlmann and A

Provenance

Lillian Nassau, New York;
Private Collection, New York;
Christie's, New York, 4 October 1980, lot 330.

Literature

J. Applegate, Art Deco, exhibition catalogue, Finch College Museum of Art, New York, 1970, cat. no. 245.

Exhibited

New York, The Finch College of Museum of Art, Art Deco, October - November 1970, no. 245.

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Lot Essay

cf. Encyclopedie des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes au XXème Siècle, New York/London, 1977, vol. IV, pl. VI for a period image of a variant of this sideboard with the same plaque in the dining room at the Pavillon du Collectionneur at the 1925 Paris exhibition;
E. Bréon and R. Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, exhibition catalogue, Musée des Années 30, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paris, 2004, pp. 50, 135 for an image of the same variant model as above, p. 93 for a drawing of a sideboard of this model for Mr. Vautheret.
F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, p. 176.

Reference no. 2130NR (with a different plaque) in the Ruhlmann Archives, Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt.

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