AN 'ELEGANT' GUERIDON, CIRCA 1925

Details

EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
AN 'ELEGANT' GUERIDON, CIRCA 1925
macassar ebony, ivorine
25 ½ in. (64.8 cm.) high, 19 5/8 in. (49.8 cm.) diameter
branded Ruhlmann and with Atelier B mark

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 10 December 2002, lot 92.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

This model is recorded under the number 1016AR (Ancien Référencier)/1161NR (Nouveau Référencier) in the Ruhlmann archives at the Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne-Billancourt.

cf. F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, p. 118 for a variant of the Elégant table.

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