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Property from The Stuart Cary Welch Collection

Jules Leleu

Side Chair

Lot Closed

October 19, 04:12 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from The Stuart Cary Welch Collection

Jules Leleu

Side Chair


circa 1934-1936

produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France

for the sanatorium Martel de Janville, Assy, France

lacquered metal, fabric upholstery

32 x 16 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (81.2 x 41.9 x 44.4 cm)

Galerie Downtown, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1998

Leleu: 50 ans de mobilier et de décoration, 1920-1970, exh. cat., Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André-Diligent, Paris, 2007, pp. 96-97

Francoise Siriex, Leleu: Décorateurs Ensembliers, Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, 2007, p. 178

Françoise Siriex, The House of Leleu: Classic French Style for a Modern World 1920-1973, New York, 2008, p. 178 (for a discussion of the furniture designed for the sanatorium Martel de Janville)