Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann - Design New York Wednesday, December 12, 2012 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
    Sotheby’s, New York, ‘20th Century Works of Art & Tiffany’, December 1, 2001, lot 210

  • Literature

    Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1984, p. 97 for a drawing of similar examples and pp. 256, 262 for similar examples of the stool
    Emmanuel Bréon, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann: The Designer’s Archives, Paris, 2004, p. 114 for a similar stool
    Florence Camard, Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, New York, 2009, pp. 68, 127

101

Dressing table and stool

circa 1925
Dressing table: macassar ebony-veneered wood, silver-plated bronze, mirrored glass; stool: macassar ebony-veneered wood, fabric.
Dressing table: 47 5/8 x 39 7/8 x 14 7/8 in (121 x 101.5 x 38 cm); stool: 22 1/2 x 21 1/8 x 13 3/8 in (57.3 x 53.5 x 34 cm)
Underside of dressing table incised with ‘Ruhlmann’ (2).

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

Sold for $62,500

Design

12 December 2012
New York