Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann (1879-1933) Lot n° 156

A vertical double door with mirrors from the Van Beuningen apartment 1930-1933 Entirely encircled in bronze, each panel hinged, the largest with an integrated handle 85 x 56.5 cm and 130 x 56.5 cm Provenance: > Decor for Daniel van Beuningen's (1877-1955) 5th-floor apartment at 93 Quai d'Orsay, Paris, the last interior design project orchestrated by Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann and completed in 1933. > Mr. A. Collection, Nice Condition report: Average condition LES LOTS 157 à 168 SONT VENDUS AVEC FACULTE DE REUNION "Le Dossier Van Beuningen. Located on the Quai d'Orsay, near the Seine, in an elegant building designed in 1930 by the architect Léon Azéma, winner of the Grand Prix de Rome, this vast apartment is entirely furnished by Ruhlmann. In addition to the usual rooms, it features an immense rotunda room, enlarged by a mirrored wall incorporating half-columns. Arranged in the non-conformist style of the 1929 Studio, the space is both a study and a reception room" (in. Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Editions Monelle-Hayot, Paris, 2009). --- The Van Beuningen File. Located on the Quai d'Orsay, close to the Seine, in an elegant building constructed in 1930 by the architect Léon Azéma, winner of the Grand Prix de Rome, the vast flat was entirely fitted out and furnished by Ruhlmann. In addition to the usual rooms, it had a huge rotunda room, enlarged by a mirrored wall incorporating half-columns. Furnished in the non-conformist style of the 1929 Studio, the space was both a study and a reception room (in. Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Editions Monelle-Hayot, Paris, 2009).