ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
Rare Swivel Armchair, circa 1925
mahogany, leather upholstery, chrome-plated metal
34 7⁄8 x 21 3⁄8 x 23 ¼ in. (88.6 x 54.4 x 59 cm) (variable height)
ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
Rare Swivel Armchair, circa 1925
mahogany, leather upholstery, chrome-plated metal
34 7⁄8 x 21 3⁄8 x 23 ¼ in. (88.6 x 54.4 x 59 cm) (variable height)
Galerie Rodolphe Perpitch, Paris DeLorenzo Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner
R. Foulk, Centenary Exhibition Émile Jacques Ruhlmann 1879-1933, London, 1979, n.p., plate 8 (for the base) P. Kjellberg, Art Deco, Les Maîtres du Mobilier, Le Décor des Paquebots, Paris, 1981, pp. 155 and 160 (for the base) F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 1983, pp. 76-77 (for the base), 120 (for the base), 162 (for the seat) A. Bony, Les Années 30, Paris, 1987, pp. 804 and 859 (for the base) P. Bayer, Art Deco Interiors, London, 1990, p. 137 (for the base) Y. Brunhammer, S. Tise, French Decorative Art The Société des Artistes Decorateurs 1900-1942, Paris, 1990, p. 153 (for the base) E. Posseme, Le Mobilier Français... Les Annees 25, Paris 1999, p. 179 (for the base) E. Breon and R. Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, 2004, pp. 126-127 (for the base) F. Camard, Ruhmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 282-283 (for the base), 324 (for the seat), 353 (for the seat), 373 (for drawings of related examples), 433 (for the base) A. Duncan, The Art Deco Style Great Designers and Collectors, Woodbridge, 2023, p. 213 (for the base)
This model is referenced under number 206NR in the Ruhlmann archives, Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt.
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