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JULES LELEU (1883-1961)
Lot 41 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

JULES LELEU (1883-1961)

A BURL WALNUT DINING TABLE AND SIX CHAIRS, CIRCA 1928

Closed11 March 2011

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USD 16,250

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JULES LELEU (1883-1961)
A Burl Walnut Dining Table and Six Chairs, circa 1928
chairs with original needle-point upholstery; comprising two armchairs and four side chairs; made for the Casa de Serralves, Oporto, Portugal
dining table: 28½ in. (72.4 cm.) high, 95½ in. (240 cm.) wide, 50¾ in. (127 cm.) deep; armchairs: 32 in. (81.2 cm.) high; side chairs: 31 in. (78.8 cm.) high (7)

Carlos Alberto Cabral.
Sotheby's, New York, 9 June 2000, lot 205.
Christie's, New York, 9 December 2003, lot 90.

Specialist note

This lot is sold with a photocopy of the original October 9, 1929 bill of sale from J. & M. Leleu, Paris.
cf. Y. Brunhammer and S. Tise, French Decorative Arts 1900-1942, 1990, p. 155, the chair model with similar upholstery illustrated.