Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, designed circa 1924
A Macassar Ebony and Gilt Bronze Mounted X-Frame 'Ixe' Stool
the padded upholstered seat on tapered x-frame supports joined by a moulded stretcher, terminating in cast gilt bronze sabots
65cm wide, 48cm deep, 36cm high.
the padded upholstered seat on tapered x-frame supports joined by a moulded stretcher, terminating in cast gilt bronze sabots
65cm wide, 48cm deep, 36cm high.
Sold for
£40,630
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The design for the 'Ixe' stool (New ref. 483) held in the collection of the Musee des Annees 30 is for a higher version of the stool. A similar lower slung model is illustrated in a contemporary photograph of a 'transitional interior'reproduced in Emmanuel Breon 'Jaques Emile Ruhlmann, Furniture', Editions Flammarion (2004) pages 82/83. The 'Ixe' stool was known to be part of the Viville Yardley commission (1924) with the addition of a beaded frieze. A pair of stools from this commission now form part of the collection of the Toledo Museum of Fine Art along with eight other pieces of furniture from the showroom which were purchased from Jacques Kugel in 1970 after Kugel bought the Yardley premises at 279 Faubourg St.Honore
Category: Decorative Arts / 20th Century Decorative Arts
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