A walnut veneered centre desk and a walnut chair en suite

BY JULES LELEU, CIRCA 1930

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A walnut veneered centre desk and a walnut chair en suite
By Jules Leleu, circa 1930
The top with three drawers, the central drawer narrow, supported by incurved panel legs resting on a flat base; the chair upholstered in blue leatherette
28¾in. (73cm.) high; 47¼in. (120cm.) wide; 23½in. (60cm.) deep
The chair bearing the facsimile signature J.Leleu

Lot Essay

Cf: Viviane Jutheau, Jules and Andre Leleu, Paris, 1989, pp. 57, 82 & 89
The desk was designed to be the perfect writing table for a lady, which is why Madame de Wendel commissioned two, very similar to the present lot, in 1928. Dressing tables of the same shape also exist.

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