Sale 5686
London
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31 October 1996
Price realised
GBP 5,750
Estimate
An ormulu mounted bureau plat By Jules Leleu, 1940s Three frieze drawers, the legs and central drawer with ormulu mounts, three keys 59¾in. (75.5cm.) high; 50¼in. (127.7cm.) wide; 27½in. (70cm.) deep Right hand drawer with inset label inscribed J. Leleu
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Cf: Viviane Jutheau, Jules et André Leleu, Paris, 1989, p.109, similar example from 1946 reproduced.
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