ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879 – 1933)
Pair of ‘Crapaud’ model armchairs in Macassar ebony and Macassar ebony veneer, with a broad arched apron resting on two square section tapering front legs and two saber-shaped back legs. The rounded gondola-shaped back extends into flat armrests.
Upholstered in a fabric by Maison Prelle after a design by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann.
Referenced under N° 10AR and 266NR in the Ruhlmann archives.
Stamped ‘dessiné par Ruhlmann, édité par Porteneuve’ (designed by Ruhlmann, edited by Porteneuve.
Dimensions:H 70 cm x W 71 cm x D 73 cm - H 27.6 W 28.0 D 28.7 in.
Period:Circa 1925
Provenance:Macassar ebony and Macassar ebony veneer
Bibliography:Antonin Rispal, Madame Sierra Collection, Paris
F. Camard, Ruhlmann, ƒditions du Regard, Paris, 1983, p. 33 for a sketch of this model, pp. 137, 161, 166 for period
photos of other armchairs of this model in situ; E. Bréon, R. Pepall (eds., Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, exhibition catalogue, Musée
des Années Trente, Paris, 2001, pp. 252, 254 for the same model of armchairs; F. Camard, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp.
179, 245 for another armchair of this model illustrated in The Hôtel du Collectionneur, Paris, p. 245 for an armchair of this model in
the study of Louis Nicolle, Paris;
Laurent Guelfucci, ‘Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann’, Galerie Guelfucci, Paris/Berlin, 2025, p. 98-99
