JACqUes-éMIle rUhlMAnn (1879-1933)
Rare and exceptional "Duval" collector's cabinet in Macassar ebony and burr walnut with a cubic box opening through two doors inlaid with ivory fillets and revealing a compartmentalized interior in ash burr. It rests on two ivory elements finished with a recessed rectangular base opening with a drawer stamped with a hot iron "Ruhlmann" and bears the circular mark of workshop A Model created.
Circa 1924
H: 149.5 / W: 98.5 / D: 45 cm
Provenance
-Varue W.Oishei Collection, most probably acquired from the Lilian Nassau Gallery, New York, in the early 1970s.
-Purchased by the current owner at Christie's on November 25, 2013, lot 14.
Bibliography
Florence Camard, "Ruhlmann", Editions Monelle Hayot, Paris, 2009, similar model reproduced on page 217?
