Side Chair

Applied Arts of Europe

c. 1925

Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann
French, 1879-1933
Paris, France

In 1924 the London-based perfume and soap purveyor Yardley & Co. established its first Paris showroom and engaged Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, the leading interior designer in the city, to design furniture, lighting fixtures, display cabinets, and even wrought-iron door frames for the store. The furniture, including this side chair, was probably completed just after Ruhlmann’s celebrated display at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes) in Paris in 1925. This chair remained in the Yardley showroom until it closed in the late 1960s.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Artist: Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann (Designer)
Title: Side Chair
Place: Paris (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1920–1930
Medium: Macassar ebony with silvered bronze ferrules on front feet and silk velvet upholstered seat
Dimensions: 95.3 × 45.7 cm (37 1/2 × 18 in.)
Credit Line: Elizabeth R. Vaughan Endowment Fund
Reference Number: 1971.17

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