Live Auction 2651The Steven A Greenberg Collection Masterpieces of French Art Deco
EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
Lot 16

EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)

AN EXTENDING DINING TABLE, CIRCA 1925

Closed13 December 2012

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EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
AN EXTENDING DINING TABLE, CIRCA 1925
burl amboyna with brass details
30 3/8 in. (77.2 cm.) high, 98¾ in. (251 cm.) wide, 47¼ in. (120 cm.) deep (not extended); each extension: 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) wide
table and chairs branded Ruhlmann and table with an A

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

Specialist note

cf. Encyclopedie des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes au XXème Siècle, New York/London, vol. IV, pl. VI;
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;
F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 176, 230, 354, ref. no. 1051AR-1308NR.

Reference no. 1051AR-1308NR in the Ruhlmann Archives, Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt.

CAPTION FOR PERIOD INSITU OF DINING ROOM SUITE: Pavillon du Collectionneur, Paris, 1925