A Vision: The Collection of Michelle Smith
A Vision: The Collection of Michelle Smith
Jules Leleu
Cabinet, Model No. 4930
Auction Closed
April 22, 11:22 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Jules Leleu
Cabinet, Model No. 4930
circa 1958
with three period keys
shagreen, rosso levanto marble and gilt bronze with a sycamore and mahogany interior
impressed J Leleu on a plaque, stamped Leleu Paris/Made in France and numbered 28904
34 ⅜ x 64 ⅜ x 17 ¼ in. (87.3 x 163.5 x 43.8 cm)
Maison Gerard, New York
Acquired from the above, 2008
Acquired from the above, 2008
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier du XXème Siècle: Dictionnaire des Créateurs, Paris, 1994, p. 375 (for a related model)
Françoise Siriex, The House of Leleu: Classic French Style for a Modern World 1920-1973, New York, 2008, pp. 248 (for a drawing of the model) and 254
Françoise Siriex, The House of Leleu: Classic French Style for a Modern World 1920-1973, New York, 2008, pp. 248 (for a drawing of the model) and 254
The present lot is recorded in Maison Leleu's Livre des Créations under the number 4930 as Commode en galuchat and dated 1958.