Live Auction 2756Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design
ALFRED PORTENEUVE (1896-1949)
Lot 51

ALFRED PORTENEUVE (1896-1949)

A FALL-FRONT SECRETAIRE, CIRCA 1933

Closed19 December 2013

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ALFRED PORTENEUVE (1896-1949)
A FALL-FRONT SECRETAIRE, CIRCA 1933
after a design by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, bois de violette veneer, with silvered-bronze details, interior fitted with compartments, desk light and leather writing surface; together with a modern leather and mahogany armchair in the style of Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann
desk: 51 3/8 in. (130.5 cm.) high, 27½ in. (69.8 cm.) wide, 16¼ in. (41.3 cm.) deep, chair: 31½ in. (80 cm.) high (2)

Sotheby's, London, 20 March 1998, lot 530.

Specialist note

This model is highly comparable to a 'Francell' secretaire designed by Ruhlmann for the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in 1930.

Another secretaire of this model, stamped Dessiné par Ruhlmann Edité par Porteneuve was sold at Bonham's, New York, 17 December 2008, lot 4322.