A PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS, CIRCA 1925

Details

JULES LELEU (1883-1961)
A PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS, CIRCA 1925
macassar ebony, upholstery
each 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high

Provenance

Christie's, Monaco, 8 December 1991, lot 19.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

cf. 'Twelve Volumes Documenting the Paris Exhibition of 1925', Encyclopédie des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes au XXème Siècle, Vol IV., New York, 1977, pl. LVI;
F. Siriex, Leleu Décorateurs Ensembliers, Paris, 2007, p. 130 for a canapé of a very similar design, p. 134 for another armchair of this model.

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