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ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879 – 1933)
Rare console in solid Macassar and Macassar ebony veneer on a Hungarian oak frame, featuring a double tier. The upper tier is framed with a fluted border, while the intermediate tier serves as a stretcher resting on four tall, slightly curved legs. This console is a variation of the model originally created by Ruhlmann in 1915.
Referenced under N° 1026AR and 1206NR for a variant with folding shelves in the Ruhlmann Archives.
Stamped ‘Ruhlmann’.
Dimensions: H 91 cm x W 100 cm x D 40, 5 cm - H 35,8 in × W 39,4 in × D 15,9 in.
Period: Circa 1923
Material: Solid Macassar, Macassar ebony veneer, Hungarian oak
Provenance: Quay-Lombrail, 22 April 1997, Drouot Montaigne, lot 19, Acquired from the above
Bibliography: Florence Camard, ‘Ruhlmann’, Paris, Éditions du Regard, 1983, p. 202 for a similar model; ‘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. 143 for a similar example; Florence Camard, ‘Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann’, Saint-Rémy-en l’Eau,
Éditions Monelle Hayot, 2009, p. 112 for a similar model;
Laurent Guelfucci, 25 Ans d‘Art Déco, Paris, 2024, p. 32;
Laurent Guelfucci, ‘Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann’, Galerie Guelfucci, Paris/Berlin, 2025, p. 92-93.