A 'DROUANT' CHAIR, CIRCA 1924

Details

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

Provenance

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

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

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.

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