New
Ruhlmann decorator

Description

To mark the centenary of the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs is celebrating Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, whom history has remembered as its true triumph. It was with the Pavillon du Collectionneur, quickly nicknamed the Ruhlmann Pavilion, that he made his mark. In a building commissioned from his friend, the architect Pierre Patout, he designed an ideal residence, which he implemented and for which he coordinated almost fifty artists. As a furniture maker and designer, he shared his contemporaries' taste for harmonious, coherent interiors.
Published to coincide with the inaugural exhibition of the new Cabinet des dessins, papiers peintints et photographies, this album sheds new light on Ruhlmann's interest in wall and floor ornamentation. Four essays present his sketchbooks, his collaborations with the wallpaper manufacturers Desfossé & Karth and Essef, and his wallpaper designs for the rooms of the Cité Universitaire, all works from the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. They are accompanied by some sixty illustrations that give an appreciation of the Art Deco style, of which Ruhlmann was one of the greatest ambassadors.