EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933), 1926

EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN “Nicolle” two-door cabinet

#9038

“Nicolle” two-door cabinet in macassar ebony; veneered with squares of red tortoiseshell and bordered with ivory dentil decoration, with one circular ivory escutcheon; the cabinet set on slender ribbed fuseau legs terminating in ivory sabots; the interior consisting of five shallow drawers flanked by compartments with single shelves.

Branded: “Ruhlmann” and “O”.

Measurements

  • Height: 43 in (109.2 cm)
  • Width: 36 ½ in (92.7 cm)
  • Depth: 18 in (45.7 cm)

Provenance

Nicolle Family.
Félix Marcilhac.
Private collection.

Exhibition

Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, 1926.

Documentation

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Master of Art Deco, Paris: Editions du Regard, 1983, pp. 37, 48, 57, 71 (similar model), 115 and 175.
Alastair Duncan, Art Deco Furniture, London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., 1984, p. 109, plate #63.
Yvonne Brunhammer and Suzanne Tise, French Decorative Arts, The Societe des Artistes Decorators 1900-1942, Paris: Editions Flammarion, 1990, p 144.
Victor Arwas, Art Deco, New York: Harry Abrams, 1980, p. 57.
Emmanuel Breon, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, the Designer’s Archives, Furniture, Paris: Flammarion, 2004, p. 17.
Emmanuel Breon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann, Genius of Art Deco, Paris: Sogomy, 2004, Exhibition catalogue, pp. 203-205, and p. 228, (similar model illustrated).
Etienne Kohlmann, Petits Meubles Modernes, Paris: Eugene Moreau, 1929.
“Les Ensembles au XVIe Salon des Artistes Décorateurs”, Les Echos des Industries d’Art, no. 11, June 1926, p. 7, (similar model illustrated).
Les Echos des Industries d’Art, no. 28, November 1927, no. 34, May 1928, pp. 6 and 4, respectively, (similar model illustrated).