ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879 – 1933)
‘Fuseau- Facettes’ armchair in solid amaranth, ‘Madame’ model, upholstered with Loro Piana purple cashmere, gondola back, and waist with cut sides, the two front legs tapered and fluted, decorated with a vegetable ivory bead and with vegetable ivory sabots.
Stamped ‘Ruhlmann’
Dimensions: H 85 x W 59 x D 57 cm, seat height 52 cm - H 33,5 x W 23,3 x D 22,5 in.
seat height 20,4 in.
Period: Circa 1920-1922
Material: Amaranth wood & Cashmere upholstery
Bibliogranphy: "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. 232 for a drawing of the model
Variant of a 'Fuseau- Facettes' armchair, Ruhlmann archives postcard, collection Galerie Guelfucci