Table
Gallery Location
The Gallery of Modern Design
Maker
Designed in the style of Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann (French, 1879-1933)
Medium
Burl thuya veneer on oak, lacquered wood, ivory, silvered metal
Geography
Probably Paris, France
Date
c. 1915-1925
Dimensions
77.5 x 49.9 x 35 cm
Object number
998.135.25.1
Credit Line
From the Collection of Bernard and Sylvia Ostry; purchased with funds from the Louise Hawley Stone Charitable Trust. Certified by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board under the terms of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act. Attestée par la Commission canadienne d'examen des exportations de biens culturels en vertu de la Loi sur l'exportation et l'importation de biens culturels.
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Europe
Description
The design, materials and details of this small table are derived from a series of tables designed by Ruhlmann about 1914. Ruhlmann’s work had a pervasive influence on many of the cabinetmakers and interior designers of his generation in France who were purveying to a luxury market accustomed to having furniture made of the finest, most exotic materials available, like this example with its fine burled wood veneers inlaid with ivory.
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