"Sarrazin" Textile — Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann

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Artist: Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann
Date: 1912
Medium: Printed linen
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions: 36 × 44 7/8 in. (91.4 × 114 cm)
Collection: Modern and Contemporary Art
Credit line: Gift of Geoffrey N. Bradfield, 1985

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Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann

1879–1933 · France

His furniture took eight months to craft and cost more to make than he charged—a luxury so extreme it inspired Le Corbusier's revolt.

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