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Artworks
JACQUES-ÉMILE RUHLMANN
PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS, c. 1925Amboyna burl armchairs, artist's reference models nos. 178 NR and 78 AR.
Front legs with tapered saber feet fitted with metal sabots. Seat upholstered in leopard velvet; backrest slightly inclined, extending into square armrests.H 69 - W 56,5 - D 56,5 cm.
H 27 1⁄8 - W 22 1/4 - D 66 in.Further images
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This pair of armchairs in amboyna burl was commissioned in 1926 by Madame Petrucci-Wolfers for her hôtel particulier in Brussels. The residence, conceived the same year by the architect Jean-Jules Eggericx, stands as a remarkable example of refined modernity in Belgian architecture of the period.
An archival photograph of the building’s façade, as well as an interior view of the bedroom in which this pair of armchairs originally stood, are included alongside the present photographs, offering valuable insight into their original setting and intended use.
Literature
Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne Billancourt, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, Album de dessins d'intérieurs : Intimité n°4, pl. 53 for the variant
“Art et décoration”, 1920, no. 1, p. 8, for a drawing from the article “Enquête sur le mobilier moderne. Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann” by Jean Laran.
U. Nebbia, 'La Casa Petrucci-Wolfers a Bruxelles', Domus, August 1930, p. 48.
J.-J. Eggericx, gentleman architect, creator of garden cities, AAM CFC, 2013, p. 156-157. -
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