hand-knotted wool
16 ft. 7 in. x 9 ft. 6 in. (506 x 290 cm)

Galerie Camoin-Demachy, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1999

G. Varenne, "L'exposition des art décoratifs : le mobilier français," Art et Décoration, Paris, July 1925, p. 16 (for a period photograph of the model in the dining room of Ruhlmann's Hôtel du Collectionneur at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925)
M. Dufrène, Ensembles Mobiliers : Exposition Internationale 1925, Paris, 1925, pl. 2 (for a period photograph of the model in the dining room of Ruhlmann's Hôtel du Collectionneur at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925)
A. Lévy ed., L'Hotel du Collectionneur: groupe Ruhlmann, Paris, 1926, pl. VII (for a color rendering) and IX (for period photographs of the model in the dining room of Ruhlmann's Hôtel du Collectionneur at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925)
Y. Brunhammer, Le style 1925, Paris, 1975, p. 20 (for a period photograph of the model in the dining room of Ruhlmann's Hôtel du Collectionneur at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925)

This model was exhibited in the Dining Room of the Hôtel du Collectionneur at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925.

Last image: Dining room of the Hôtel du Collectionneur. Design by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, carpet by Émile Gaudissard.

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Émile Gaudissard was a French sculptor, painter and architect-decorator. Born in Algier in 1872, he then moved to Paris and exhibited works at various salons, earning some distinctions in 1990 and 1900. A member of the Société des Artistes français since 1906, it is not surprising he would collaborate with Ruhlmann, the most renowned designer of the time, to embellish his interiors with lavish floral textile compositions. Gaudissard designed large carpets for Ruhlmann's Hôtel du Collectionneur in 1925, including the present model which was part of the dining room. He also famously designed the upholstery of the armchairs from the first-class Grand Salon on the Normandie Ocean Liner in the early 1930s, some of which can be found in the permanent collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (inv. nos. 41449.A-B and 2005.1.3,4,5).