This extraordinary adjustable Lounge Chair mounted on skis was reportedly designed for the Maharaja of Indore by Emile-Jacques Ruhlman (1879-1933) in 1929.
Estimate: €2,000,000 – €3,000,000 ($2,814,685 – $4,222,028)
Price Realized: €2,865,000 ($4,067,997)Sale 1000, Les Collections du Chateau de Gourdon. 29 – 31 March 2011, Paris, France
The note says: While the Maharaja of Indore did in fact commission a desk and a chair and storage units to the exhibited design, he did not order a version of this chaise longue.
via Christie’s.