JACQUES-ÉMILE RUHLMANN
'SUCENA' DRESSING CHAIR, c. 1918
Boudoir chair, model “Sucena,” no. 14 AR and no. 58 NR in the artist’s catalogue raisonné, in Macassar ebony veneer, with a low rounded backrest centered by an oval ivorine medallion and a bowl-shaped seat edged with small inlaid bone squares.
The front legs are slightly curved, terminating in ivorine sabots, while the rear legs are straight.
The front legs are slightly curved, terminating in ivorine sabots, while the rear legs are straight.
H 66 - L 36 - D 42, 5 cm.
H 26 - L 14 1/8 - D 16 3/4 in.
H 26 - L 14 1/8 - D 16 3/4 in.
Stamped 'Ruhlmann'.
Provenance
Arts Decoratifs du XXe Siecle, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 11 Avril, 1995, lot 155Literature
Henri Clouzot, 'Le Style Moderne dans la Décoration Intérieure', Charles Massin Editeur, Paris, 1921,René Chavance, 'Le XIVème Salon des Artistes Décorateurs', Art et Décoration, Janvier-Juin 1923, tome XLIII, p. 180-181
Les Echos d’Art, 1928, 01, n. 30, p. 17
Yvonne Brunhammer, '1925', 1975, exhibition catalogue, Miusée des Arts décoratifs de Paris, p. 52
Yvonne Brunammer et Suzanne Tise, 'French decorative Art', 1900-1940, éditions Flammarion, 1990, p. 112
'Les Ruhlmann de Généviève & Pierre Hebey', exhibition catalogue, Millon & Robert, Paris, October 28, 1999, lot 3, pp. 35-39
Alastair Duncan, 'Art deco furniture', 1984, p. 108, ill. 57
Pierre Kjellberg, 'Art Deco, Les Maîtres du Mobilier', 1981, p. 155 et p. 14
Victor Arwas, 'Art Deco', Academy. Editions, Londres, 1980, p. 58
Florence Camard, 'Ruhlmann', Éditions Monelle Hayot, Paris, 1983, p. 180, 224, 287
Florence Camard, 'Ruhlmann', Éditions Monelle Hayot, Paris, 2009, same model on p. 130
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