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Object Timeline

-0001	We photographed this object.
1918	Work on this object began.
1923	Work on this object ended.
2003	We acquired this object.
2004	We photographed this object.
2007	We exhibited this object.
2014	This was an Object of the Day.
2024	You found it!

Sidewall (France)

This is a sidewall. It was designed by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. It is dated 1918–23 and we acquired it in 2003. Its medium is machine-printed on paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

This paper was designed by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, an important figure in early 20th-century design. Ruhlmann began designing wallpapers in 1910, and his designs were shown at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs. This paper was designed in 1912 and produced between 1918 and 1923. While better known for his furniture and interior design from the early to mid-1920s, this paper is one of his earlier designs.
This is an unused piece in excellent condition showing two full repeats. It would be the first example of wallpaper designed by Ruhlmann in the museum’s collection.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled A Sophisticated Floral.

It is credited Museum purchase from General Acquisition Endowment Fund.

Drawing, Design for a Covered Soup Tureen

Drawing, Design for a Covered Soup Tureen
graphite, blue color pencil on wove paper, laid down.
Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
1992-70-3

Here we have a secretary desk constructed from lumber-core plywood with veneers of Macassar ebony, oak, poplar and mahogany. Its legs are capped with ivory with ivory stripes running up outer sides of front supports. On the bottom of the desk is a horizontal drawer accessed by beaded tassel pulls set in ivory mounts. The desk’s contents are accessed by a key inserted into a keyhole inscribed by inset oval of inlaid ivory. Closed in the first image, there is an accompanying second image where the top half is opened. The interior and writing surface is sheathed in deep oxblood leather. There are more ivory and tasseled-pulls and to provide access to two storage drawers and cabinet on the left side. To the right are open, squared spaces. A ring of rectangular ivory inlay runs around the upper perimeter of the cabinet.

Object ID #907214291
macassar ebony, ivory, leather, aluminum leaf, silver, silk, oak, lumber-core....
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift,....
66.2016.1

Vertically rectangular mahogany cabinet with small legs. At the center of the cabinet is an ivory overlay. The design features a vase with flowers coming out of it. Additionally, flowers billow up, out, and around, surrounding the vase on all sides. Ivory dots form a border outside of the design, marking the rectangular borders of the cabinet.

Corner Cabinet, ca. 1923
kingwood (amaranth) veneer on mahogany, ivory inlay.
Lent by Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Joseph F. McCrindle,....
33.2016.1

Its dimensions are

Overall (Object size): 100 x 50 cm (39 3/8 x 19 11/16 in.) Overall (Support size): 107 x 58.5 cm (42 1/8 x 23 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in left selvedge: "Imp. a. Paris en 1918 par E.ts D.K. pour L'Ater Ruhlmann".

Cite this object as

Sidewall (France); Designed by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (French, 1879–1933); machine-printed on paper; Overall (Object size): 100 x 50 cm (39 3/8 x 19 11/16 in.) Overall (Support size): 107 x 58.5 cm (42 1/8 x 23 1/16 in.); Museum purchase from General Acquisition Endowment Fund; 2003-9-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Looking Forward/ Looking Back: Recent Acquisitions in 20th- and 21st-Century Design.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DQEX/
Accession Number 2003-9-1
Object ID 18699371