Jules LELEU (1883-1961) GAMES TABLE In Macassar ebony veneer, with removable top inlaid with a checkerboard, flowers and foliage in mother-of-pearl, ebony and light wood. Opening with two drawers in the waist, curved uprights with gilded bronze falls and sabots. Signed in a cartouche in a drawer and numbered 22459 on the underside. 76 x 75 x 75 cm (good general condition, top unstained, old restorations) WITH FOUR matching ARMCHAIRS Late period cream fabric upholstery H. 88 cm (old restorations) Provenance | Cap d'Antibes property Acquired at Christie's New York December 11, 1993 lot 546

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