Jacques-Émile RUHLMANN (1879-1933). Small personal travel sketchbook of preparatory drawings "n°1". Suite of fifteen pages. India ink and colored pencil, depicting: furniture, portraits, objects, lighting fixtures, sculptures, a car and landscapes, with annotations "entre Versailles et les Invalides 11. 11. 25", "Orange 6.02.25", "Tarascon 6-" (two pages glued at the edge and one slightly torn at the edge). Height 17 cm - Width 11 cm Note: Self-taught, Jacques-Emile Rulhmann did not train as a cabinetmaker, but began sketching his own furniture in several numbered sketchbooks, which he later had made. His interest and taste for furniture destined him to become a great French decorator. Today, he is considered one of the major figures of Art Deco. The Musée des années 30 in Boulogne-Billancourt has six large-scale reference albums Provenance: collection of architect and decorator Lucien ROLLIN (1906-1993). Appraisal by Mr. Jean-Marc MAURY - maury.expert@wanadoo.fr - 06 85 30 36 66