LOUIS XVI PERIOD GUILLOTINE DESK Stamped by Jean François Leleu In moulded and carved mahogany, with ormolu and chased bronze ornamentation, the front opening on two flaps, a drawer in the waist and two leaves in the lower part, the fluted uprights, resting on tapered legs, stamped "J.F.LELEU" on the back. H. 202.5 cm (79 ¾ in.) l. 101 cm (39 ½ in.) P. 39 cm (15 ¼ in.) Jean-François Leleu, master in 1764 Provenance : Galerie Michel Schmitt, Paris, in 1994. Comparative bibliography : L'Estampille n° 228, September 1989, pp. 66-75. A Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted and mahogany secretaire à guillotine, stamped by Jean-François Leleu A comparable secrétaire à guillotine, also stamped by Jean François Leleu, is illustrated in L'Estampille n° 228, September 1989, pp.66-75: it was sold at Christie's Monaco, 19 June 1988, lot 133.