ALFRED PORTENEUVE
TWO ARMCHAIRS AND SIX CHAIRS, c. 1930
Set of chairs for the dining room.
Two armchairs in stained beech with legs forming curved sabers extending to the front in arm supports,
flared arms and slightly hollowed out in the upper part, curved back forming a return to the outside, seat and back covered with dark orange velvet.
Six chairs in tinted cherry wood. with high back slightly curved. Front legs in tapered sheath.
Covered with dark orange velvet.
Two armchairs in stained beech with legs forming curved sabers extending to the front in arm supports,
flared arms and slightly hollowed out in the upper part, curved back forming a return to the outside, seat and back covered with dark orange velvet.
Six chairs in tinted cherry wood. with high back slightly curved. Front legs in tapered sheath.
Covered with dark orange velvet.
79 x 52 x 54 cm.
31 1/8 x 20 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.
31 1/8 x 20 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.
Further images
Deux fauteuils et six chaises, circa 1930
Ensemble de chaises et fauteuils de salle à manger.
Deux fauteuils en hêtre teinté avec pieds antérieurs formant sabres galbés se prolongeant en supports d’accotoirs,
accotoirs évasés et légèrement creusés en partie supérieure, dossier cambré formant retour vers l’extérieur, assise et dossier recouverts de velours orange foncé.
Six chaises en merisier teinté à haut dossier légèrement incurvé. Pieds antérieurs en gaine fuselée.
Recouverts de velours orange foncé.
Hauteur d'assise 46 cm.
Publications
cf. E. Bréon, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann Furniture, Boulogne-Billancourt, 2004, p. 47 for another variant by Ruhlmann;E. Bréon and R. Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, exhibition catalogue, Musée des Années 30, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paris, 2004, p. 200 for another variant example.
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