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ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933) Tibattant, first version with Fuseau legs (ref. Ruhlmann 1503 AR, 1605 NR), the model designed in [1913-1921], our piece of furniture made between 1918 and 1921, presented at the Ruhlmann exhibition, Casa de Serralves, Porto, 2009 Lady's writing desk in mahogany and Honduras mahogany veneer. The suspended body opens into a drawer with turned ivory handles (ref. Ruhlmann B5 AR) embellished with silk trimmings, and a flap with an oval motif in dotted ivory; the projecting top features wide flutes each holding a carved ivory ove (ref. Ruhlmann D2 AR). The Fuseau-type front legs each terminate in an ivory reception (ref. Ruhlmann BXV AR). The inner part of the flap and the theater, fitted with two drawers, a niche closing with a full door and a shelf, entirely sheathed in original green morocco underlined with gold filleting, the desk pad with gilded iron lattice motifs; the turned ivory knob-holders (ref. Ruhlmann B108 AR), one enriched with silk passementerie (ref. Ruhlmann AIII AR). Circa 1918-21. Restorations, trimmings not original. Hot-stamped RUHLMANN and numbered 1-21 on the heap on the back, with a non-original cold-stamped A workshop mark also on the back. Height: 109.5 cm - Length: 63 cm - Depth: 38.5 cm Archives : Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt, Fonds Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann - The "blue" of our Tibattant model with Fuseau-type feet and numbered 1503 is kept in this institution under number 2007.13.1.106. The various designs of the decorative motifs - D2 AR oval fluting, B5 AR and B108 AR and AIII AR knobs, BXV AR shoes, etc. - are preserved in this institution. - are preserved in this institution. Exhibition: - XIIe Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, 1921 - A Tibattant secretary (variant Sabre type feet and petrol) presented at this event (sources: Florence Camard - Ruhlmann - Éditions Monelle Hayot, Château de Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, 2009). - Jacques Émile Ruhlmann et la Fraternité des Arts - Casa de Serralves, Porto, July 17 to September 27, 2009. Our piece of furniture presented at this event. Bibliography: - Léon Moussinac (presented by) - Croquis de Ruhlmann - Éditions Albert Lévy, Paris, 1924. The first ink drawing of our furniture model, produced around 1913-1915 and featuring Fuseau-type legs, is reproduced on plate 24. - Art et Décoration - April 1924. A Tibattant secretary (variant Sabre and petrol legs) reproduced on page 118. - L'Amour de l'Art - April 1924. A Tibattant secretary (variant Sabre and petrol legs) reproduced on page 121. - L'Art Décoratifs Français 1918-1925 - Éditions Albert Lévy, Paris. A Tibattant secretary (Sabre and petrol leg variant) reproduced on plate 17. - Florence Camard - Ruhlmann - Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1983. A Tibattant secretary visible on a photograph of the Hôtel Ruhlmann, taken around 1923-24, reproduced on page 202. - Florence Camard - Ruhlmann - Éditions Monelle Hayot, Château de Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, 2009. Our secretary is reproduced on page 158. - Jacques Émile Ruhlmann et la Fraternité des Arts - Catalogue of the exhibition held at Casa de Serralves, Porto (July 17 - September 27), Fundação de Serralves Editions, Porto, 2009. Our secretary is reproduced on page 121.
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ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933) Tibattant, first version with Fuseau legs (ref. Ruhlmann 1503 AR, 1605 NR), the model designed in [1913-1921], our piece of furniture made between 1918 and 1921, presented at the Ruhlmann exhibition, Casa de Serralves, Porto, 2009 Lady's writing desk in mahogany and Honduras mahogany veneer. The suspended body opens into a drawer with turned ivory handles (ref. Ruhlmann B5 AR) embellished with silk trimmings, and a flap with an oval motif in dotted ivory; the projecting top features wide flutes each holding a carved ivory ove (ref. Ruhlmann D2 AR). The Fuseau-type front legs each terminate in an ivory reception (ref. Ruhlmann BXV AR). The inner part of the flap and the theater, fitted with two drawers, a niche closing with a full door and a shelf, entirely sheathed in original green morocco underlined with gold filleting, the desk pad with gilded iron lattice motifs; the turned ivory knob-holders (ref. Ruhlmann B108 AR), one enriched with silk passementerie (ref. Ruhlmann AIII AR). Circa 1918-21. Restorations, trimmings not original. Hot-stamped RUHLMANN and numbered 1-21 on the heap on the back, with a non-original cold-stamped A workshop mark also on the back. Height: 109.5 cm - Length: 63 cm - Depth: 38.5 cm Archives : Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt, Fonds Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann - The "blue" of our Tibattant model with Fuseau-type feet and numbered 1503 is kept in this institution under number 2007.13.1.106. The various designs of the decorative motifs - D2 AR oval fluting, B5 AR and B108 AR and AIII AR knobs, BXV AR shoes, etc. - are preserved in this institution. - are preserved in this institution. Exhibition: - XIIe Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, 1921 - A Tibattant secretary (variant Sabre type feet and petrol) presented at this event (sources: Florence Camard - Ruhlmann - Éditions Monelle Hayot, Château de Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, 2009). - Jacques Émile Ruhlmann et la Fraternité des Arts - Casa de Serralves, Porto, July 17 to September 27, 2009. Our piece of furniture presented at this event. Bibliography: - Léon Moussinac (presented by) - Croquis de Ruhlmann - Éditions Albert Lévy, Paris, 1924. The first ink drawing of our furniture model, produced around 1913-1915 and featuring Fuseau-type legs, is reproduced on plate 24. - Art et Décoration - April 1924. A Tibattant secretary (variant Sabre and petrol legs) reproduced on page 118. - L'Amour de l'Art - April 1924. A Tibattant secretary (variant Sabre and petrol legs) reproduced on page 121. - L'Art Décoratifs Français 1918-1925 - Éditions Albert Lévy, Paris. A Tibattant secretary (Sabre and petrol leg variant) reproduced on plate 17. - Florence Camard - Ruhlmann - Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1983. A Tibattant secretary visible on a photograph of the Hôtel Ruhlmann, taken around 1923-24, reproduced on page 202. - Florence Camard - Ruhlmann - Éditions Monelle Hayot, Château de Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, 2009. Our secretary is reproduced on page 158. - Jacques Émile Ruhlmann et la Fraternité des Arts - Catalogue of the exhibition held at Casa de Serralves, Porto (July 17 - September 27), Fundação de Serralves Editions, Porto, 2009. Our secretary is reproduced on page 121.
