ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879 – 1933)
Important ‘Bibol’ cabinet in burl veneer with oak structure with ivorine details. This display cabinet has two solid side doors, one glass door, and three drawers in the lower part. It has a lateral scroll foot resting on a rectangular base, with the frame, lock entries, and pull handles in ivorine. Model created circa 1923–1924.
Stamped ‘Designed by Ruhlmann, edited by Porteneuve,’ circa 1935.
Referenced under N° 2042AR and 2335NR in the Ruhlmann Archives.
Dimensions : H 163 cm x W 195,5 x D 47, 5 cm - 64,2 x 77 x 18,7 in.
Period: Circa 1935
Material: Burl veneer, oak with ivorine details
Bibliography: ‘Art et Décoration’, March 1924, np. Ruhlmann, un génie de l’Art Déco, exh. cat., musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt, 15 November 2001 – 17 March 2002 and musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 2003, p. 31
Florence Camard, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, Saint-Rémy-en-l’Eau, 2009, pp. 112, 203 and 312
Laurent Guelfucci, ‘Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann’, Galerie Guelfucci, Paris/Berlin, 2025
'Bibol' cabinet documented in a historical photograph, circa 1925, Archives Ruhlmann, Galerie Guelfucci Collection