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Property from an Important New York Collection

Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann

Pair of "Lotus" Sconces

Auction Closed

December 10, 08:02 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important New York Collection

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

Pair of "Lotus" Sconces


circa 1925

model no. 3032AR and 3667NR

silvered bronze, silk shades

numbered 1 and 2 respectively

10 ⅜ x 6 x 3 in. (26.4 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm) excluding shades

Barbra Streisand Collection

Friedman-Vallois, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1983, pp. 91 and 247

Emmanuel Bréon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, p. 50

Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, pp. 179 and 329 (for a drawing of the model)