French Art Deco Rosewood Extension Dining Table Attributed to Jules Leleu circa 1935 The rectangular top with pull out ends, on trestle base. Height 29 1/4 inches, width closed 71 inches, depth 39 3/4. Jules Leleu (1883-1961) was a French furniture designer who rose to prominence in the 1920s after winning a grand prize at the 1925 Exposition Industrielle et Arts Decoratifs which introduced the world to the Art Deco movement. He sold a commode that same year to the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Like Emile-Jacques-Ruhlmann and the other great French designers of the time, Leleu also designed furnishings for the French ocean liners the Ile de France and the Normandie. C
Generally good condition overall; the leaves are unfinished wood; some veneer losses, especially to the draw ends
French Art Deco Rosewood Extension Dining Table Attributed to Jules Leleu circa 1935 The rectangular top with pull out ends, on trestle base. Height 29 1/4 inches, width closed 71 inches, depth 39 3/4. Jules Leleu (1883-1961) was a French furniture designer who rose to prominence in the 1920s after winning a grand prize at the 1925 Exposition Industrielle et Arts Decoratifs which introduced the world to the Art Deco movement. He sold a commode that same year to the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Like Emile-Jacques-Ruhlmann and the other great French designers of the time, Leleu also designed furnishings for the French ocean liners the Ile de France and the Normandie. C
Generally good condition overall; the leaves are unfinished wood; some veneer losses, especially to the draw ends
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