JACQUES-ÉMILE RUHLMANN
Model recorded in the Ruhlmann reference books under nos. 5 AR and 90 NR.
H 39 ¼ - W 19 ⅝ - D 19 ¼ in.
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Its design exemplifies Ruhlmann’s distinctive balance between classical elegance and modern stylisation. The openwork back, conceived as a lyre composed of slender radiating slats, gives the chair remarkable visual lightness, while the gently saber-shaped legs extend its lines with great fluidity. The contrasting sabots terminating the front legs provide one of the subtle material accents characteristic of Ruhlmann’s vocabulary.
Preserved here as a rare homogeneous set of eight, the Zucca chairs fully reveal the rhythmic and graphic coherence Ruhlmann brought to dining-room furniture.
Literature
Listed in the Ruhlmann model register held at the Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne-Billancourt, no. 5 AR - 90 NR called as 'Zuccari' or 'Zucca' model.Florence Camard, 'Ruhlmann', Paris: Éditions du Regard, 1983, p. 256
Florence Camard, 'Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann', Saint-Rémy-en-l’Eau: Monelle Hayot, 2009, p. 124 for a similar model.