Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann - Design London Wednesday, April 25, 2012 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galerie Vallois, Paris, 1990
    Claude et Simone Dray, Paris
    Christie's, ‘Art Déco: Collection Claude Et Simone Dray’, Paris: Thursday, 08 June, 2006, lot 245
    Galerie Vallois, Paris, 2006

  • Literature

    Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1983, similar example on pp. 76–77, 120, 162, 165, 166, 169, 201
    Emmanuel Breon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, p. 39, similar example on p.150, drawing of a similar example on p. 227

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Desk with articulated lamp

1932
lacquered wood, chrome-plated bronze.
Desk: 77.2 x 172 x 80 cm (30 3/8 x 67 3/4 x 31 1/2 in) fully extended; lamp: 61 x 35 cm (24 x 13 3/4 in)
Underside of desk top impressed with ‘1932 Ruhlmann B EXP no. 2’. Ruhlmann Archive number 1519.

Estimate
£220,000 - 280,000 

Sold for £241,250

Design

26 April 2012
London