- Product:
- Cuellar armchair and ottoman, Model 101AR/221NR
- Manufacturer:
- Sotheby´s
- Architonic ID:
- 4109395
- Launched:
- 1925
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Category:
- Furnishings
- Address
- Telephone
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Key facts
Product description
armchair and ottoman branded Rulhmann
ébène de macassar, bronze and fabric upholstery
armchair: 30 x 24 x 33 in. (76.2 x 71 x 83.8 cm)
ottoman: 11 1/2 x 22 x 22 in. (29.2 x 55.9 x 55.9 cm)
Provenance:
Raymond Subes, Paris
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2005
Literature:
Gabriel Henriot, "Le Pavillion du Collectionneur," Mobilier et Decoration, July 1925, pp. 120 and 122
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1983, p. 91
Emmanuel Bréon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, p. 50
Emmanuel Bréon, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann: Furniture, Paris, 2004, p. 86
Florence Camard, Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, p. 180
Catalogue note:
It’s iconic. Here, Ruhlmann has mastered one of the great furniture forms which demands expertly designed proportions and upholstery. Both the chair and ottoman are slightly raked, which is evident when looking down on them. Of all the furniture Ruhlmann designed, the pieces he created between 1918 and 1925 were the best. In these works, he made use of choice materials, sublime upholstery, and simple refined forms.
– Alan Wanzenberg
ébène de macassar, bronze and fabric upholstery
armchair: 30 x 24 x 33 in. (76.2 x 71 x 83.8 cm)
ottoman: 11 1/2 x 22 x 22 in. (29.2 x 55.9 x 55.9 cm)
Provenance:
Raymond Subes, Paris
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2005
Literature:
Gabriel Henriot, "Le Pavillion du Collectionneur," Mobilier et Decoration, July 1925, pp. 120 and 122
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1983, p. 91
Emmanuel Bréon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, p. 50
Emmanuel Bréon, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann: Furniture, Paris, 2004, p. 86
Florence Camard, Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, p. 180
Catalogue note:
It’s iconic. Here, Ruhlmann has mastered one of the great furniture forms which demands expertly designed proportions and upholstery. Both the chair and ottoman are slightly raked, which is evident when looking down on them. Of all the furniture Ruhlmann designed, the pieces he created between 1918 and 1925 were the best. In these works, he made use of choice materials, sublime upholstery, and simple refined forms.
– Alan Wanzenberg