ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879 – 1933)
‘Fuseau- Facettes’ armchair in solid amaranth, ‘Monsieur’ 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. Reference number 42AR and 152NR in the Ruhlmann Archives.
Stamped: ‘Ruhlmann’
Dimensions: H 85 x W 59 x D 57 cm, seat height 52 cm - 33,5 x 23,3 x 22,5 in.
seat height 20,4 in.
Period:Circa 1920-1922
Material: Amaranth wood & Cashmere upholstery
Bibliogranphy: Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 1983, pp. 167, 227 and 252
Florence Camard, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, Saint-Rémy-en-l’Eau, 2009, pp. 110, 113, 153 and 280
Variant of a 'Fuseau- Facettes' armchair, Ruhlmann archival postcard, collection Galerie Guelfucci