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Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Bench, model no. 481 NR
circa 1928
Amboyna-veneered wood, leather, brass.
15 7/8 x 28 3/8 x 19 1/8 in. (40.3 x 72.1 x 48.6 cm)
Full-Cataloguing
The present model bench was presented at the 1928 Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris.
The drawing for the present model bench is recorded in the reference album “Sièges, lits, guéridons, tables” (inventory number 2002.18.12), and its earlier variant in “Sièges, lits, divans, tables, bureau, meubles” (inventory number 2002.18.15) held by the Ruhlmann Archives at the Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne Billancourt, Paris.
The drawing for the present model bench is recorded in the reference album “Sièges, lits, guéridons, tables” (inventory number 2002.18.12), and its earlier variant in “Sièges, lits, divans, tables, bureau, meubles” (inventory number 2002.18.15) held by the Ruhlmann Archives at the Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne Billancourt, Paris.