Lot Essay
Ruhlmann included three chairs of this design in his own office and also in the study he designed for the Maharajah of Indore, shown at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in 1929.
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'COLONIALE', A CHAIR, DESIGNED 1929
Details
EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
'COLONIALE', A CHAIR, DESIGNED 1929
black-lacquered wood, modern horsehair upholstery
28 ¼ in. (72 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide
stamped B to underside
'COLONIALE', A CHAIR, DESIGNED 1929
black-lacquered wood, modern horsehair upholstery
28 ¼ in. (72 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide
stamped B to underside
Literature
Similar example illustrated:
F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Master of Art Deco, 1984, pp. 76-77, 201, 284;
Ruhlmann, Un Génie de L'Art Déco, Musée des Années 30, exhib. cat., Boulogne-Billancourt, 15 November 2001 - 17 March 2002, pp. 39, 149.
F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Master of Art Deco, 1984, pp. 76-77, 201, 284;
Ruhlmann, Un Génie de L'Art Déco, Musée des Années 30, exhib. cat., Boulogne-Billancourt, 15 November 2001 - 17 March 2002, pp. 39, 149.
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