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Rugs & carpets — Design
23.05.2024 00:00 UTC +01:002024-05-23T00:00:00+02:00United Kingdom, London, 8 King Street, St. James'sCHRISTIE'S
Paris,
France
Lot 17 ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (1879 - 1933)
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
28.08.1879 - 15.11.1933
France
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, (sometimes called Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann), was a French furniture designer and interior decorator, who was one of the most important figures in the Art Deco movement. His furniture featured sleek designs, expensive and exotic materials and extremely fine craftsmanship, and became a symbol of the luxury and modernity of Art Deco. It also produced a reaction from other designers and architects, such as Le Corbusier, who called for simpler, functional furniture.