Jacques-Émile RUHLMANN (1879-1933) - Lot 184

Jacques-Émile RUHLMANN (1879-1933) Pair of seven-light ÉVENTAIL sconces, bronze base with silver patina and concentric bas-relief motifs. Fan-shaped, grey veined alabaster bulb-cover, ribbed at the waist (part of the alabaster slightly burned). Signed. Restoration to a plate. H. 32.6 L. 64.8 cm Base 27.3 x 9.8 cm PROVENANCE : Private collection. Listed in the Référencier Ruhlmann under reference no. 3055, and on a period photograph in the Référencier under no. 3635. BIBLIOGRAPHY : - Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Éditions Monelle Hayot, Paris, 2009, model repr. pp. 147, 180, 332, 404; - Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1983, model repr. p. 294 under reference 3635; - Mobilier et Décoration, 1934, repr. p. 454; - Les Arts décoratifs modernes 1925, Éditions G. Grès & Cie, Paris, 1925, repr. p. 170 ; - La Construction Moderne, 1926, 41e année, repr. pl. 55.