Maison Leleu
Mahogany, Prelle Les Danseuses (front) and silk velvet (back) upholstery
Height: 30" - Width: 25" - Depth: 34"
Front legs are in the shape of spheres whereas the back legs are arched. Each chair is numbered.
Bibliography:
Françoise Siriex, Leleu Décorateurs Ensembliers , Editions Monelle Hayot, Paris, 2007, model shown on p. 166 in the office of the Countess de Marchena in Paris in 1929;
Viviane Jutheau "Jules et André Leleu", Editions Vecteurs, Paris, 1989, similar model shown on p. 59.
Sièges Modernes, Charles Moreau publisher, Paris, 1929. Identical model of armchair shown on plate 25.
L’Art Vivant, #99, 1929. Identical model of armchair shown in an advertisement for Leleu.
Françoise Siriex, Leleu Décorateurs Ensembliers, Monelle Hayot publisher, Paris, 2007. Identical model of armchair shown on page 166 in the office of the Countess Marchena in Paris in 1929.
Viviane Jutheau, Jules et André Leleu, Vecteurs publisher, Paris, 1989. Identical model of armchair shown on page 59.
Galerie Claude, Jules Leleu, Möbel der Art Deco 1924-1934, exhibition catalog, Cologne, 2010. Identical model of armchair shown on pages 26 and 27.