ALFRED PORTENEUVE (1896-1949) AFTER A DESIGN BY EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
Lot 142

ALFRED PORTENEUVE (1896-1949) AFTER A DESIGN BY EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)

FOUR SIDE CHAIRS, CIRCA 1935

Closed13 December 2012

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USD 12,500

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ALFRED PORTENEUVE (1896-1949) AFTER A DESIGN BY EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
FOUR SIDE CHAIRS, CIRCA 1935
lacquered wood with leather upholstery
each 33 in. (84 cm.) high
one marked Porteneuve (4)

Specialist note

cf. E. Bréon, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann Furniture, Boulogne-Billancourt, 2004, p. 47 for another variant by Ruhlmann;
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, p. 200 for another variant example.