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LELEU Jean-François. LITTLE TRANSITIONAL CYLINDER DESK in precious wood veneer decorated with an original Queen's style marquetry. It opens with a sliding cylinder revealing an interior with drawers and 3 drawers in the belt. The feet are curved. The sides and the back part are inlaid with the model of the front. Nice assembly of the drawers with tongues and old locks. Property mark. Stamped J.F. LELEU. Eighteenth century. H.97 L.75 P.42. Literature : this marquetry model is typical of the production of Jean-François LELEU and is illustrated on several pieces of furniture reproduced in the book of KJELLBERG.

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LELEU Jean-François. LITTLE TRANSITIONAL CYLINDER DESK in precious wood veneer decorated with an original Queen's style marquetry. It opens with a sliding cylinder revealing an interior with drawers and 3 drawers in the belt. The feet are curved. The sides and the back part are inlaid with the model of the front. Nice assembly of the drawers with tongues and old locks. Property mark. Stamped J.F. LELEU. Eighteenth century. H.97 L.75 P.42. Literature : this marquetry model is typical of the production of Jean-François LELEU and is illustrated on several pieces of furniture reproduced in the book of KJELLBERG.

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An exceptional late Louis XV ormolu mounted black and gilt lacquered commode By Jean-Francois Leleu, Paris, circa 1765 89 x 113 x 57.5 cm The shaped and moulded Breche d'Alep marble top above a frieze drawer, flanked and divided by cast wavescrolls, above a pair of long drawers, decorated sans travers with landscapes depicting a central bridge, on acanthus cast cabriole legs, stamped twice JME and J.F. Leleu, old transport label to the back. Rest with additions, minor losses to the lacquer decoration, the marble top restored Ancienne collection Tamara Guilden, Auction Sotheby's New York, 27th october 2001, lot 260 Auction Sotheby's Madame Djahanguir Riahi - Les Euvres Que J'ai Aimees, Sotheby's, Paris 6 Juli 2017, Lot 116. Exhibition: Exhibition catalogue Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, 1956, p. 30, no. 137. Jean-Francois Leleu (1729-1807), maître in 1764. This elegant commode is a rare example of the Chinese lacquer work of the ébéniste Jean-Francois Leleu (1729-1807). With its transitional outline, the delicate lacquer panels and ormolu features à la grecque, the commode's distinctive combination of decoration and design is unique within Leleu's output, which is traditionally known for it's more austere forms and marquetry details.

Estim. 12 000 - 18 000 EUR

LOUIS XVI PERIOD CYLINDER DESK Attributed to Claude-Charles Saunier In satin-finish and satin-finish veneer decorated on all sides, with chased and gilded bronze ornamentation, the cylinder opens with a flap revealing a writing desk, three drawers and two compartments, two sliding side shelves, the belt opens with four drawers, resting on eight sheathed legs;small accidents and missing parts. Dimensions (closed) : H.:115 cm (45 ¼ in.) l.:191,5 cm (75 ½ in.) P.:95 cm (37 ½ in.) A Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted and satinwood cylinder desk, attributed to Claude-Charles Saunier Stylistically dating from the years 1775-1780, this very large cylinder desk is one of the most accomplished examples of this new type of writing desk, created in the 1760s by Jean-François Oeben, before becoming a great success due to its practicality. With its resolutely architectural lines, veneered in the finest satin-finish and embellished with sober, finely chased bronze ornamentation, it can be compared with the cylinder desks produced by the best cabinetmakers of the Louis XVI period, such as Claude-Charles Saunier. The rare radiant sun motif found on the cylinder of our example can be found on a cylinder desk stamped by Saunier and illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe siècle, Les Éditions de L'Amateur, Paris, 1999, p.821. It should also be noted that the same bronze escutcheons and keyhole adorn the top of the legs of a cylinder desk stamped by Jean Caumont and sold at Sotheby's Paris, April 4, 2023, lot 79.

Estim. 5 000 - 8 000 EUR

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Estim. 500 - 800 EUR

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