Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann - Design Day Sale London Wednesday, April 27, 2016 | Phillips
  • Literature

    Yvonne Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Paris, 1987, p. 53, fig. 5
    Emmanuel Bréon and Rosalind Pepall, eds., Ruhlmann: un genie de l’art déco, exh. cat., Musée des Années 30, Paris, 2001, p. 291
    Florence Camard, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, New York, 2011, pp. 191, 193, 279

  • Catalogue Essay

    The drawing for the present wall light design is recorded in the reference album 'Tapis, éclairages, miroirs, cheminées, consoles', (inventory number 2002.18.14) held by the Ruhlmann Archives at the Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne Billancourt, Paris.

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Pair of wall lights, model no. 3639NR

circa 1925
Alabaster, silver-plated bronze.
Each: 13 x 50.4 x 19.7 cm (5 1/8 x 19 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.)

Estimate
£20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for £50,000

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Design Day Sale

London Auction 28 April 2016