Lot n° 72
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ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933) DESIGNER-DECORATOR - ALFR - Lot 72
ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933) DESIGNER-DECORATOR - ALFRED PORTENEUVE (1896-1949) PUBLISHER
Tournant (model 206NR, of the new reference) sometimes called by extension Tardieu, the model designed around [1929], presented at the XIXth Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1929 and used in the personal office of the designer Rue de Lisbonne
Swivel and reclining office chair.
The structure in mahogany; the seat entirely upholstered in its original red leather.
The circular base in gilded brass stave; the tightening mechanism in gilded cast iron, the frame of reception of the seat in black lacquered metal.
Circa 1933-35.
Condition of use, the upholstery and tapestries in very poor condition, parts in metal relacquered or redecorated.
Marked with the stamp Designed by RUHLMANN - Edited by PORTENEUVE with hot iron under one of the seat's crosspieces.
Height : 83 cm - Width : 59 cm - Depth : 60 cm
Provenance :
- Prints, multiples, paintings, furniture - Digard sale, Hôtel Drouot, June 30, 2011. Our armchair presented under the number 225 of the catalog.
- Private collection, Paris. Work acquired from the previous one.
Related exhibitions and works :
- Studio-chambre du prince héritier d'un vice-roi des Indes à la Cité Universitaire - XIXe Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1929 - An identical model presented at this event.
- Personal office of Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann; rue de Lisbonne in Paris - The artist used an armchair of an identical model.
- Retrospective exhibition E.-J. Ruhlmann, 1934 - Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de marsan, Paris, from October 26 to December 16, 1934. The identical armchair, having belonged to the artist, presented during this demonstration, organized by his widow, under the number 119 of the catalog.
Bibliography :
- Intérieurs au Salon des Artistes Décorateurs 1929 - Presentation by Léon Bouchet, Éditions d'art Charles Moreau, Paris, 1929. An identical model is reproduced on plate 41.
- Art & Décoration - July 1929. An identical model reproduced on page 21 in an article dedicated to the XIXth Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
- Collective - Ruhlmann a genius of Art Deco - Éditions Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt, Somogy, Paris, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Quebec), 2002. An identical model is shown on archival photographs reproduced on pages 39 (SAD 1929) and 142 (M. Tardieu) and on a tracing (M. Bailly) reproduced on page 226.
- Emmanuel Bréon - Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann ; les archives - Éditions Flammarion, Paris, 2004. An identical model featuring archival photographs reproduced on page 68 (artist's personal office) and double page 78-79 (SAD 1929).
- Florence Camard - Ruhlmann - Édtions Monelle Hayot, Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, 2009. Identical model reproduced on pages 282 and 283.
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