JACQUES-ÉMILE RUHLMANN
TABLE LAMP , c. 1918
Gilt-bronze lamp resting on an octagonal base accented with fluted decoration along the perimeter, a motif that continues onto the shaft.
It retains its original lighting system together with its original opaline glass, providing a soft and even light.
This model is recorded in the designer’s catalogue under reference NR 3314.
It retains its original lighting system together with its original opaline glass, providing a soft and even light.
This model is recorded in the designer’s catalogue under reference NR 3314.
Total H. 63 - Diam. Base 23.5 cm.
Total H. 24 3/4 - Diam. Base 9 1/4 in.
Total H. 24 3/4 - Diam. Base 9 1/4 in.
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Provenance
Ruhlmann family collection, France, and thence by descent within the family.Literature
Model listed in the Ruhlmann register held at the Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne-Billancourt, no. 3012AR–3314NR.
L. Deshairs, “Une étape vers le meuble métallique,” Art et Décoration, April 1927, p. 105.
Les Échos des Industries d’Art, no. 33, April 1928.
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris: Éditions du Regard, 1983, pp. 166, 296.
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, London: Thames and Hudson, 1984, pp. 115, 296.
Florence Camard, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, Saint-Rémy-en-l’Eau: Monelle Hayot, 2009, p. 214.