ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
Pair of 'Hydravion' Armchairs, circa 1923
Macassar ebony, silvered bronze, leather upholstery
29 3⁄4 x 28 x 35 in. (75.5 x 71 x 89 cm)
Provenance
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1995
Literature
F. Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1983, pp. 33 and 183 (for illustrations of this model), 80, 134, 202 (for period photographs of this model) Ruhlmann: un génie de L’Art déco, exh. cat., Paris, 2001, pp. 229 (for an illustration of this model) and 197 (for a period photograph of this model) E. Bréon, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann: The Designer’s Archives, vol. 1, Paris, 2004, p. 87 (for a sketch of the model) F. Camard, Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 87 (for an illustration of this model), 112, 135 (for period photographs of this model)
This model is referenced under number 53 (Ancien référencier) and number 267 (Nouveau référencier) in the Ruhlmann archives, Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt.