Ruhlmann

Autodidact, inventive, guided by the sense of excellence, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann was considered by his contemporaries as “the Riesener of the 20^th century” even if he was not a cabinetmaker. During the twenty years of his career, he created more pieces of furniture and chairs than the whole of his colleagues. He drew the designs of a sophisticated and customised furniture which received quickly the enthusiasm of a clientele in love with luxury and flattered to be associated with contemporary creation. This clientele guaranteed him an international reputation. Benefit of many years of research, this book by Florence Camard is definitive and exhaustive. The typological list of the furniture and the appended CD-ROM makes this book the most complete ever published about Ruhlmann.