JULES LELEU (1883-1961) - MAISON LELEU - Lot 48

JULES LELEU (1883-1961) - MAISON LELEU Flat desk in Indian rosewood veneer. The entablature, with its crossbow-shaped fronts and two lateral suspended pedestals each opening with a drawer, receives a central drawer highlighted by a synthetic ivory scroll. Each side has a drawer pull. The slightly arched, facetted corner legs are highlighted with ivory fillets - each with ivory sabotage, the capitals each with a scroll motif; three in synthetic ivory, one in ivory. Drawer and pull handles and keyhole in synthetic ivory. Head key in synthetic ivory. Circa 1930. Condition and restorations, some ivory elements replaced by synthetic ivory elements. Cold stamped with the cartouche J. LELEU on one side. Height: 76cm - Length: 141cm - Depth: 72cm Bibliography: Étienne Kohlmann (presentation of) - Petits Meubles Modernes - Éditions Charles Moreau, Paris, 1929. Identical model, possibly smaller, reproduced on plate 21. A CITES authorization, valid for circulation within the EU only, will be given to the purchaser.