EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN DESIGN / JEAN DUNAND EGGSHELL AND LACQUER WORK, Circa 1927

EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN DESIGN / JEAN DUNAND EGGSHELL AND LACQUER WORK

 

#6872

Dressing table in black lacquer with eggshell abstract detail on top and side panels; with three drawers and a round mirror. Upholstered chair with legs in black lacquer and eggshell detail, the front legs in a tusk-like taper.

Measurements

Vanity

  • Height: 44 ¼ in. (112.4 cm)
  • Table height: 27 ½ in. (69.8 cm)
  • Length: 39 ¼ in. (99 cm)
  • Depth: 23 ½ in. (59.7 cm)

Chair

  • Height: 32 in. (81.3 cm)
  • Width: 21 in. (53.4 cm)
  • Depth: 23 in. (58.4 cm)

Documentation

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Master of Art Deco, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1984, pp. 60 & 275.
Emmanuel Breon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann, Genius of Art Deco, Paris: Somogy editions d’art, 2004, Exhibition Catalogue, p. 50 and 135 (similar chair illustrated), pp. 208-210 and 292 (illustrated).
Leon Deshairs, L’Art Decoratif Francais, 2e serie, Paris: Editions Albert Levy, 1930, p. 77 (vanity illustrated).
Bruno Foucart et al, Ruhlmann, Connaissance des Arts, Special Issue, Paris: Société Française de Promotion Artistique, 2001, p. 27 (similar model chair illustrated).
Philippe Garner, “Chow Wow“, House and Garden, May 1988, p. 170.
Frank Russell, Philippe Garner, & John Read, A Century of Chair Design, New York: Rizzoli, 1980, p.96 (similar chair illustrated).

Exhibitions

Ruhlmann, Genius of Art Deco, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 10 June-5 September 2004.
The Montreal Museum of Art, Jean Noel Desmarais Pavilion, 30 September-12 December 2004, no. 32 in the catalogue.

Provenance

Purchased from Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann by Ms. Redhead.
Sotheby’s Monaco, 1982.
Michael Chow.
Anthony DeLorenzo, New York, 1988.