18. 18W JULES LELEU (1883-1961) Desk and armchair 1946 Signed 'J Leleu' on a melamine plate; stamped 'J Leleu' and '18641 Indian rosewood, sipo, brass and leather; walnut and fabric The desk: H: 76.5 cm (30.1/8 in.); W: 122.5 cm (4.1/4 in.); D: 67 cm (26.3/8 in.) A desk and its signed and numbered armchair in Indian rosewood, sipo, walnut, brass, leather and fabric by Jules Leleu in 1946. Provenance Mr and Mrs Arthur Lardillat Collection, France Then by inheritance to the current owner Bibliography R.-J., "Le salon d'automne" in Mobilier et Décoration, August-September-October 1945, p. 11 for the armchair A. Frechet, "Leleu. Un après-midi avenue Franklin-Roosevelt" in Mobilier et Décoration, June 1950, p. 21 for the armchair V. Jutheau, Jules et André Leleu, Ed. Vecteurs, Paris, 1989, p. 109 for our desk; p. 140 for the armchair. J. Sirat and F. Siriex, Tapis français du XXe siècle. De l'Art Nouveau aux créations contemporaines, Ed. de l'Amateur, Paris, 1993, p. 139, 153 for the armchair B. Foucart and J.-L. Gaillemin, Les Décorateurs des années 40, Ed. Norma, Paris, 1998, p. 137 for the armchair F. Siriex, Leleu: décorateurs ensembliers, Ed. Monelle Hayot, Paris, 2007, p. 61, 72, 262, 263 for the armchair