Jules LELEU (1883-1961). Varnished cherrywood veneered sideboard with a quadrangular body opening onto three front doors decorated in the centre with pewter and bronze inlaid squares forming rosettes held in place by bronze legs. Recessed front jambs with a ringed column at the bottom. Signed in a cartouche on the reverse of the central door. (Minor accidents and missing parts, notably a bronze element, detachments, missing veneer). Height 95 cm; Length: 246 cm; Depth: 52 cm. History: a similar model was exhibited at the 1948 Salon des Arts Ménagers at the Grand Palais in Paris. Bibliography: - Maximilien Gauthier, "Une heure avec Leleu", Mobilier & Décoration, October-November 1948, similar model reproduced on p. 15. - Françoise Siriex, Leleu décorateurs ensembliers, Éditions Monelle Hayot, Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, 2007, similar model referenced under no. 3624 and reproduced on p. 60. Expert: Amélie MARCILHAC