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Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
"Basse-Boule" low table, model no. 1110NR
- Estimate
- $180,000 - 240,000
Lot Details
Mahogany, mahogany-veneered wood.
circa 1928
16 5/8 x 57 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (42.2 x 146.1 x 77.5 cm)
Underside branded with Ruhlmann, inscribed with Rue Las Cases in chalk and impressed O.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The drawing for the present coffee table is recorded in the reference album “Sièges, lits, guéridons, tables” (inventory number 2002.18.12), and its earlier variant in “Sièges, lits, divans, tables, bureau, meubles” (inventory number 2002.18.15) held by the Ruhlmann Archives at the Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne Billancourt, Paris. The "Basse-Boule" form is recorded in the residence of Fernande Cabanel and in the sets for "Christine," a play by Paul Géraldy which debuted at the Comédie-Française in 1932.
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