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"AMBASSADE" DESK, MODEL NO. 1041AR AND 1501NR by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann

Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann

"AMBASSADE" DESK, MODEL NO. 1041AR AND 1501NR, 1925

Caucasian walnut, doeskin, gilt bronze
73.7 x 171.4 x 101.6 cm (29 x 67.5 x 40 in)
Sculpture
Unique artwork
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Momentum 12M
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Last recorded sale at Sotheby's, New York (23 May 2019)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
May 23, 2019
Sotheby'sNew YorkImportant Design62
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"AMBASSADE" DESK, MODEL NO. 1041AR AND 1501NR
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Artwork Description
Category

sculpture

Dimensions

73.7 x 171.4 x 101.6 cm (29 x 67.5 x 40 in)

Materials

Caucasian walnut, doeskin, gilt bronze

Provenance

Private Collection

Christie's New York, June 13, 2006, lot 71

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Alain Lesieutre, The Spirit and Splendour of Art Deco, Secaucus, NJ, 1978, fig. 26

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1983, p. 163

Alastair Duncan, Art Deco Furniture, London, 1997, pl. 217

Pierre Kjellberg, Art Deco: Les Maîtres du Mobilier & Le Décor des Paquebots, Paris, 2000, p.  212

Emmanuel Bréon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, pp. 16, 19 and 26

Emmanuel Bréon, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, Furniture, the Designer's Archives, Paris, 2004, pp. 94-95

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 164-166 and 245

Alastair Duncan, Art Deco Complete, New York, 2009, p. 81

Description

with pull-out trays on both sides