EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933), Circa 1930

#2064

A two-door cabinet in Macassar ebony, featuring a large main section at the top with four feet, the front two in carved ivory, resting on a Macassar ebony plinth with one drawer; the two cabinet doors in burled Amboyna, decorated with a diamond pattern of inlaid ivory and with a round ivory pull and lock plate; the interior of the cabinet and drawer are veneered in a light burled ash.

Branded: Ruhlmann

Measurements

• Height: 52 ½ in (133.5 cm)
• Width: 39 ½ in (100 cm)
• Depth: 17 ¾ in (45 cm)

Documentation

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Master of Art Deco, Paris, 1983, p. 291 (similar models illustrated).
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 180, 217 and 218. (similar models illustrated).
Emmanuel Breon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann, Genius of Art Deco, Paris: Somogy editions d’art, 2004, p. 50 (similar models illustrated).
Emmanuel Breon, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, the Designer’s Archives, Interior Design, Paris: Flammarion, 2004, p. 103 (artist’s illustration of this design).
Maurice Dufrene, Ensembles Mobiliers, Exposition Interationale 1925, 2me Serie, Paris: Editeur Charles Mareau, Plate 3 (similar model illustrated).
Exposition Retrospective, E.-J. Ruhlmann, Paris: Musee des Arts Decoratifs, 1934, exhibition catalogue for the Ruhlmann retrospective held at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, 26 October-16 December 1934, (similar model illustrated).
Art et Industrie, October 1926, p. 44 (similar model illustrated).
Art et Industrie, December 1926, p. 44 (similar model illustrated).