A PAIR OF DOORS, CIRCA 1925

Details

EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
A PAIR OF DOORS, CIRCA 1925
lacquered wood, gilt and nickel-plated bronze
108 5/8 in. (276cm.) high; 27 1/2 in. (70cm.) wide; 1 1/2 in. (4cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 20 March 1998, lot 529.

Literature

F. Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, Paris, 1983, p. 172 for a period illustration of another door handle of this design at Lord Rothermere's Paris residence;
E. Bréon and R. Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, exhibition catalogue, Musée des Années 30, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paris, 2004, p. 313, cat. 173 for a sketch of the door handle;
Reference no. 3906NR in the Ruhlmann Archives, Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt.

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