Jules Leleu Furniture
French, 1883-1961
A designer and ensemblier, Jules Leleu was one of the key authors of the Art Deco movement. While he did not win the fame of such contemporaries as Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann and Jean-Michel Frank, Leleu had a longer career and was easily their peer in the conception of trim, refined furniture forms and in the use of the opulent materials — from lacquer and ivory to sharkskin and exotic woods — that were a keynote of haute Art Deco design.
Leleu was born into a family of artisans and decorators. Their firm, Maison Leleu, had existed since the 18th century and Jules would guide it through much of the 20th. (The business lasted until 1973, headed at the end by Jules's children.) He studied architecture, served as an aviator in World War I, and after the conflict took up design full-time. Leleu presented work at the 1925 exposition in Paris that gave us the term Art Deco, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York purchased a burl amboyna wood commode by Leleu directly from the show.
As the desks, dining tables and other furniture on 1stDibs show, Leleu was a stickler for precision craft and preferred to let his materials do the talking — his furniture is generally spare and sleek; its presence is established by figuring (or patterning/graining) in the wood and the occasional marquetry medallion. He had a keen eye for currents in design, and an adaptable sensibility. Maison Leleu would embrace many of the starker forms of modernism after the 1940s, as well as new materials such as artificial lacquer and plastics (then considered cutting-edge rather than cheap). Jules Leleu is a guiding light of 20th-century modernism: a man whose work represents both a devotion to traditional handiwork and an appreciation for the next wave in design.
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Item Ships From: Europe
Creator: Jules Leleu
Jules Leleu stool
By Jules Leleu
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Stool by Jules Leleu around 1960s
Beautiful exemple of the artist with a modern touch yet still art deco style
Original fabric
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Wood
French Art Deco Table by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
FRENCH ART DECO TABLE BY JULES LELEU
A French Art Deco dining table produced by Jules Leleu around the1940’s in straight grain walnut with parquetry and segmented inlay highlighted w...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Walnut
French Art Deco Sideboard by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
ART DECO SIDEBOARD BY JULES LELEU
A French Art Deco sideboard produced by Jules Leleu around the 1940 in straight grain walnut with parquetry and segmented inlay highlighted with mot...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Restored Beech Art Deco Armchair by Jules Leleu, Revived Polish, France, 1930s
By Jules Leleu
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored beech Art Deco armchair by Jules Leleu.
Period : 1920 -1929
Source : France
Designed by Jules Leleu, a French designer at the top of French 20th Century decoration who dis...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Beech
Jules Leleu three seater sofa mohair velvet 1940s
By Jules Leleu
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful sofa designed by Jules Leleu around 1945 embodies the smooth lines of the art deco living room sets that came on the market in the early 1930s. The smooth and round lines are a thing of beauty, finished with curved oak feet, one of Jules Leleu clubs signature. This sofa has been fully restored and reupholstered using an offwhite thick mohair velvet from Elitis, which is exceptionally soft to the touch, and 100% mohair, that enhances the sofa’s beautiful shape. Impart a luxe, homey and elegance feel to a contemporary living room with this incredible sofa. Photos of the restoration process and documentation are available upon request. The matching pair of club armchairs is also available.
Literature: Mobilier et Décoration août-septembre-octobre 1945, Edition Edmond Honoré / Mobilier et Décoration year book...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Velvet
French Sideboard Jules Leleu, 20th Century
By Jules Leleu
Located in Lisbon, PT
Long sideboard with dark lacquered doucine veneer finish, nickeled door handles, three doors and internal cedar wood drawers.
Four large interior drawers for dinnerware and cutlery...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Jules Leleu pair of chairs
By Jules Leleu
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of chairs by Jules Leleu, bronze structure, silk upholstery.
Excellent Condition.
Category
1960s French Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Round Rug
By Jules Leleu
Located in Paris, FR
Circular woollen carpet with geometrical decoration.
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Wool
An Important 1940s Signed Cabinet by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in London, GB
This important 1940s cabinet by Jules Leleu shows him at the very height of his artistry and skill in constructing the most exceptional furniture of the period. The finely balanced f...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Satinwood
Jean Prouve & Jules Leleu, Pair of Armchairs, 1936
By Jean Prouvé, Jules Leleu
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Prouvé and Jules Leleu, 1936
Pair of armchairs for Martel de Janville Sanatorium, Plateau d'Assy, France
Fabrication Ateliers Jean Prouvé
Ename...
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1930s French Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Steel
Art Deco Gueridon in Walnut Veneer by Jules Leleu, signed, circa 1930
By Jules Leleu
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Deco Gueridon in Walnut Veneer by Jules Leleu, signed, circa 1930
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Original Walnut ArtDeco Pair of Armchairs, Jules Leleu, France, 1930s
By Jules Leleu
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Original Walnut Art Deco Pair of Armchairs by Jules Leleu.
Designer: Jules Leleu
Source: France
Period: 1930-1939
Material: Walnut
Revived polis...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Art Deco Bar Cabinet Showcase by Jules Leleu in Mahogany France, 1930
By Jules Leleu
Located in Lüdinghausen, DE
Showcase restored Jules Leleu Art Deco bar cabinet mahogany France
Features:
Sliding door compartment with glass shelf at top, two doors at bottom
Very high quality processing
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20th Century Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Jules Leleu Coffe Table Signed and dated 1955
By Jules Leleu
Located in London, GB
A beautiful coffee table signed Jules Leleu and dated 1955. Raised on sycamore stave legs off musical form, brass bound edging holding the original antiqued mirrored glass top.
Pr...
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1950s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Ladies Writing and Vanity Table by Jules Leleu, circa 1950s
By Jules Leleu
Located in London, GB
A Ladies Writing and Vanity Table by Jules Leleu circa 1950s
A beautifully proportioned piece of furniture forming a vanity and desk combined. The middle lifts to reveal a a compart...
Category
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Wood
French Art Deco Table by Jules Leleu, circa 1925
By Jules Leleu
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
Jules Leleu - Art Deco table
An Art Deco circular coffee table by Jules Leleu, Exceptionally high quality and appealing design as to be...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Wood
Sofa and Armchairs
By Jules Leleu
Located in Paris, FR
Set composed of a sofa and two armchairs covered with a light brown fabric bouclette.
Parallelepipedic wooden legs and full straight armrests.
Dimensions sofa : H. back : 86 cm ;...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Wood
1930s French Art Decò Sideboard Buffet Dry Bar by Jules Leleu, in Walnut Briar
By Jules Leleu
Located in Vigonza, Padua
This beautiful sideboard designed and executed by J&M Leleu, Paris (Jules and Marcel Leleu atelier), all in precious walnut briar , with interior cladding in mahogany wood, is a piec...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Guéridon
By Jules Leleu
Located in Paris, FR
Coffee table with circular top in eglomerate glass with interlacing decoration.
Green and gold wrought iron base with four legs joined by an "x" brace.
Small internal crack in the...
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20th Century French Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold
Jules Leleu Vintage Chairs in Wood and Green Leather
By Jules Leleu
Located in Milano, IT
Wonderful set consisting of four wooden chairs designed in the 1930s by Jules Leleu, French manufacture.
The chairs have very eccentric shapes, both hard geometric and soft and comfo...
Category
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Wood, Leather
A Wide Spectacular ART DECO NEO-CLASSICAL SIDEBOARD by JULES LELEU, France 1930
By Jules Leleu
Located in PARIS, FR
A sumptuous Art Déco sideboard, neoclassical, made in solid oak plated in Macassar ebony veneer on the outside, of Sycamore inside the doors, finished with elegant bronze elements, a...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Armchair
By Jules Leleu
Located in PARIS, FR
Il s'agit de la première édition du fauteuil TIM depuis la réouverture de la Maison LELEU.
Ce modèle unique est recouvert d'un tissu LELEU édité par LELIEVRE PARIS.
Ce fauteuil est LE fauteuil Iconique de LELEU.
Ses proportions parfaites, ses sabots de forme originale en merisier foncé et glossy.
Confort incroyable.
Il a été déssiné par Jules LELEU fin des années 30 et a été placé sur les plus beaux projets: Paquebot Normandie...
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20th Century French Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Cherry
burgundy lacquered coffee table
By Jules Leleu
Located in PARIS, FR
Table basse de forme anamorphique ( forme de haricot ) . Cette table designée dans les années 50 est une des formes iconiques de LELEU.
Cette table comprend un plateau en laque rouge/bordeaux ( laque profonde et nuagée). Piétement en bronze canon...
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20th Century French Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Secretaire Abattant by Jules Leleu Signed, Circa 1935
By Jules Leleu
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco Rosewood marquetry secreraire cabinet by Jules Leleu (1883-1961). Stepped top over a parquetry and marquetry inlaid drop-front secretaire cabinet, with ebony and mother o...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Art Deco Floor Lamp
By Jules Leleu
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautifull Floor lamp by Jules LELEU.
3 Crystal tubes and stucture in brass gold finish.
This floor lamp designed by LELEU in the 1950s includes a brass shade with concealed bul...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Set Art Deco Armchairs by Jules Leleu 1930
By Jules Leleu
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Great set of Art Deco club chairs and sofa made by the French designer Jules Leleu made around 1930.
Fully reupholstered in champagne color velvet. Has some great details in the cur...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Velvet
Table Basse Avec Plateau En Marbre Saint Laurent
By Jules Leleu
Located in PARIS, FR
Première édition de la table Honoré dessinée par Jules LELEU dans les années 50 dans ces dimensions .
Cette table basse comprend un plateau en marbre Saint Laurent ( dernière carrière de marbre saint laurent exploitable). Ce marbre noir comporte des veines beiges et dorés.
Son piètement est réalisé en finition bronze canon...
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20th Century French Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
Art Deco Glass Table Lamp
By Jules Leleu
Located in PARIS, FR
Lampe à poser en verre opalin texturé avec petit diffuseur à poser ou non sur le dessus.
Cette lampe en forme de coupole est délicatement recouverte une...
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20th Century French Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Brass
Murano Glass Chandelier, Design Maison Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful chandelier made entirely by hand and designed by the great designer Jules LELEU. Jules is one of the pioneers and one of the great names in decorative art from 1910 to 1973.
The LELEU style has since become a signature, one of the most unique on the art market. For more than a century, the creations of Maison LELEU have attracted art lovers and collectors from all over the world. Alexia LELEU...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Metal
Jules Leleu French Rosewood Diamond Marquetry Art Deco Sideboard, 1940's
By Jules Leleu
Located in Sofia, BG
Jules Leleu French rosewood diamond Marquetry Art Deco sideboard, 1940's
This French Art Deco sideboard originates from the 1940s, It was produced by ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Cocobolo Cabinet, Restored to High Gloss Made in France by Jules Leleu, Art Deco
By Jules Leleu
Located in Horomerice, CZ
20th century Art Deco display cabinet.
Completely restored to the high gloss.
Material: Rosewood, Cocobolo.
Designed in France by Jules Leleu.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Wood, Palisander, Cocobolo
Jules Leleu, Walnut Sideboard with Three Diamond Marquetry Design Doors
By Jules Leleu
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jules Leleu. Veneer walnut sideboard with three diamond marquetry design doors. Central bronze ornament; signed.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Armchair by Jean Prouvé and Jules Leleu
By Jean Prouvé, Jules Leleu
Located in Altwies, LU
Visitor chair, entirely lacquered in red-blood color.
Furniture designed in 1934-35 for the sanatorium of Guébriant and sponsored by the French Army to the architects Abraham and Jacques Henri Le Même...
Category
1930s French Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Sheet Metal
Pedestal Table
By Jules Leleu
Located in Paris, FR
Lemon tree veneer pedestal table with a tripod base and console-shaped feet.
The circular églomisé glass top is decorated with scrolls and stylized flowers in golden leaves.
Signed on an ivory plaque...
Category
1940s European Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood, Art Glass
Side Table by Jean Prouvé and Jules Leleu from France, 1936
By Jean Prouvé, Jules Leleu
Located in Altwies, LU
Side table in metal tube entirely lacquered in red-blood color.
Furniture designed in 1934-1935 for the sanatorium of Guébriant and sponsored by the French Army to the architects Abraham and Jacques Henri Le Même...
Category
1930s French Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Metal
Jules Leleu Dining Table / Desk circa 1937
By Jules Leleu
Located in London, GB
A distinctive Jules Leleu dining table, circa 1937. that can also be used as a desk.The table has elegant curved lines, sweeping arched legs and is finished in gilt brass.
Literatur...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Wood
Rectangular Rug
By Jules Leleu
Located in Paris, FR
Large rectangular woollen rug with polychrome diamond decoration on a cream background.
Signed lower left "Leleu".
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Wool
Jules Leleu, Dining Table, circa 1930
By Jules Leleu
Located in Paris, FR
In veneer wood with a circular radiating veneer top, resting on three legs connected by a spacer.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Wood
Jules Leleu Gueridon, circa 1930, France
By Jules Leleu
Located in Girona, Spain
Jules Leleu Gueridon,
Made with mahogany and plated brass,
circa 1930, France.
Classic Art Deco design
Sunburst table top
4 Art Deco designed Legs positioned on a pedestal base with bronze details
Signed
Good vintage condition.
Jules Leleu (June 17, 1883–1961) was a French furniture designer.
Born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, Leleu studied decorative painting and at the age of 26 succeeded his father in the family painting business. With his brother he began work in the Decorating field. After World War I, Leleu specialized in furniture making. He opened a Paris gallery, Maison Leleu, in 1924 and exhibited at the 1925 Exposition Industrielle et Arts Decoratifs, winning a grand prize at the exposition. Leleu designed the Grand Salon of the Ambassadors at the Society of Nations in Geneva and the French Embassies of several nations as well as the ocean liners SS Ile de France...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Brass
Office Table by Jean Prouvé and Jules Leleu
By Jean Prouvé, Jules Leleu
Located in Altwies, LU
Set consisting of a office table and chair with angle structure. The whole being entirely lacquered in red-blood color.
Furniture designed in 1934-35 for the sanatorium of Guébriant and sponsored by the French Army to the architects Abraham and Jacques Henri Le Même...
Category
1930s French Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Iron
Jules Leleu, Large walnut Bed, circa 1930
By Jules Leleu
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jules Leleu, large walnut bed, circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Jules Leleu French Art Deco Cherry Marquetry Vitrine
By Jules Leleu
Located in Baambrugge, NL
French Art Deco Cherry vitrine by Jules Leleu (1883-1961) from the 1930s and features a top compartment with two sliding glass doors and a glass shelf. A lower compartment has two wo...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Bronze
1940s Side Table by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in London, GB
A beautiful 1940s side table by Jules Leleu with clean lines that bring out the opulent rosewood surface. The sides extend above an inset top, to which they bevel down. A drawer bene...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Brass
Restored Pair of Art Deco Armchairs, Jules Leleu, Beech, Walnut, France, 1920s
By Jules Leleu
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Designed by Jules Leleu, a French designer at the top of French 20th Century decoration who distinguished himself during the Art Deco style's renaissance.
New traditional upholstery...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Upholstery, Beech, Walnut, Lacquer
Pair of Jules Leleu armchairs
By Jules Leleu
Located in NANTES, FR
Gorgeous pair of beech armchairs by Jules Leleu, 1950. In excellent condition, very confortable.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jules Leleu Furniture
Materials
Beech
Jules Leleu furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Jules Leleu furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Jules Leleu furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Jules Leleu were created in the Art Deco style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Charles Dudouyt, André Arbus, and Jean Pascaud. Prices for Jules Leleu furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $890 and can go as high as $225,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $16,817.
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