Rare 'Elephant' armchair
Year
circa 1926
Design Museum Section
French Design Icons
Categories
Armchairs, Lounge chairs
Designheroes ID
56061
Auction House
Phillips
Headquarter
New York, United States
Availability
sold
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
Design Masters
Sale Location
New York, United States
Rare 'Elephant' armchair
Leather, macassar ebony-veneered wood, wood.
circa 1926
35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm.) high
Underside of frame branded with "Ruhlmann."
Literature
Alastair Duncan, Art Deco Furniture, The French Designers, London, 1984, p. 153, fig. 219 for a similar example; Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Master of Art Deco, New York, 1984, pp. 78, 115, 122–23, 135, 165, 167, 192 and 263 for similar examples; Emmanuel Breon, Emiles-Jacques Ruhlmann, the Designer’s Archives, Furniture, Paris, 2004, p. 17 for a similar example; Emmanuel Breon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann, Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, pp.226–27; Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 210, 325–26, 353, 370 and 397 for similar examples
Alastair Duncan, Art Deco Furniture, The French Designers, London, 1984, p. 153, fig. 219 for a similar example; Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Master of Art Deco, New York, 1984, pp. 78, 115, 122–23, 135, 165, 167, 192 and 263 for similar examples; Emmanuel Breon, Emiles-Jacques Ruhlmann, the Designer’s Archives, Furniture, Paris, 2004, p. 17 for a similar example; Emmanuel Breon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann, Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, pp.226–27; Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 210, 325–26, 353, 370 and 397 for similar examples
Provenance
Private Collection, Paris; DeLorenzo Gallery, New York; Private Collection, New York
Object
Rare 'Elephant' armchair
Year
circa 1926
Design Museum Section
French Design Icons
Categories
Armchairs, Lounge chairs
Designheroes ID
56061
Auction House
Phillips
Headquarter
New York, United States
Availability
sold
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
Design Masters
Sale Location
New York, United States