Ruhlmann

The name Ruhlmann, according to Metromix, is a reference to Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, who, according to Wikipedia, was an early 20th century interior decorator.

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Ruhlmann's mission was one of reviving that country's preeminence in a field it had not dominated for 150 years, and in an entirely new avant-garde vocabulary: modernism.

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"Ruhlmann," decorative arts scholar Florence Camard's definitive new book on the designer, helps us grasp this.

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Christie's recent sale of the contents of the Château de Gourdon has reaffirmed Ruhlmann's continuous ascent in value to collectors Lot 14, a black lacquer Tardieu desk and chair, sold for $3,272,857.

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That Ruhlmann's magnificent furniture and interiors succeeded in doing this has never been in much doubt.

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Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal 'Ruhlmann' by Florence Camard Rizzoli From the book 'Ruhlmann' by Florence Camard/Rizzoli Reuter table with shagreen and ivory marquetry From the book 'Ruhlmann' by Florence Camard/Rizzoli Collectionneur chest in black lacquer No designer has come to stand for the glamorous 1920s and '30s more definitively than Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, with his exquisite marquetry of ivory and rare woods, sumptuous textiles and gleaming metal accents.

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Mr. Perelman began collecting art with his first wife, Faith Golding, when he was 21, but it was his second wife, Claudia Cohen, who turned him onto the "clean lines" of early 1900s furniture makers like Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann and Jean-Michel Frank.

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Unlike his equally talented colleague Jean-Michel Frank, who jumped out the window a few years later, Ruhlmann played by the rules and didn't let anybody down.

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Ruhlmann was known in his day as "The Riesener of the 20th century."

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But to understand Ruhlmann instead of merely admire him, we have to understand how this tastemaking Parisian decorator and furniture designer was seen in his time.

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