Live Auction 3903Masterworks of 20th Century Design: An Important Private New York Collection
EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
Lot 101

EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)

A 'DROUANT' CHAIR, CIRCA 1924

Closed17 December 2015

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EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
A 'DROUANT' CHAIR, CIRCA 1924
rosewood, upholstery
30 ¾ in. (78 cm.) high

Sotheby's, New York, 7 March 1987, lot 187.

Specialist note

cf. F. Camard, Ruhlmann Master of Art Deco, New York, 1984. pp. 92, 124, 125, 149 and 254;
Exhibition catalogue, Ruhlmann Genius of Art Deco, Musée des Années Trente, Paris, 2002, pp. 55, 178, 196-197.

This chair is recorded under number 1 NR (Nouveau Référencier)\22 AR (Ancien Référencier) in the Ruhlmann Archives, Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris. The model was originally designed for the renowned Parisian restaurant Drouant.