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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1950's Stitched leather side table by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950's Stitched leather side table by Jules Leleu Designed for trans-atlantique ships as "Le France" and others
Brass
Fine French Art Deco Palisander Game Table by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in Long Island City, NY
With a removable and reversible top, one side featuring a marquetry chess / checker board, and the other covered in felt (felt to be replaced), two drawers, and fine bronze details. ...
Bronze
Fine French Art Deco Oak and Eglomise Mirror Gueridon by Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jules Leleu (1883-1961) - A fine French Art Deco coffee table with a round eglomise mirror top framed in a bronze ring, on a cylindrical oak tripod pedestal with three slightly curve...
Mirror, Oak
Mahogany Marquetry Side Table by Jules Leleu, Inlaid with Brass and Pewter.
By Jules Leleu
Located in Montreal, QC
Marquetry side table by Jules Leleu, inlaid with brass and pewter. Signed: Jules Leleu. (Also available a matching pair of simple beds).
Mahogany
Jules Leleu Rectangular Coffee Table
By Jules Leleu
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Jules Leleu (1883-1961). Rosewood marquetry, with gilded bronze accents side table. Signed, numbered and dated 1953. Measures: Height 21”, length 27”, depth 19”.
Rosewood
French Modern Gilt Green Leather and Brass Guéridon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Modern gilt green leather and brass guéridon, with circular gilt edge subtle green leather top, resting on a cast brass geometric base.
Brass
Art Deco Rustic Wood Gueridon Side Table
Located in New York, NY
A small rustic round wood and glass side or drinks table, in the Art Deco style, circa late-20th century. This side or drinks table has all the hallmarks of Art Deco design including...
Glass, Wood
$2,058
H 31.89 in W 22.84 in D 14.97 in
A French Kingwood And Marquetry Inlaid Kidney Shaped Side Table
Located in London, GB
A magnificent French Kingwood and Marquetry Inlaid Kidney Shaped Side Table, crafted in the 18th century style of Charles Topino and dating to the late 19th century. This exquisite p...
Metal, Brass
Oak Top and Ceramic Table Gueridon Signed by Dalo
By Dalo
Located in Paris, FR
Black enamel ceramic "round face" pedestal table with oak top and base. One of a kind by French ceramicists Dalo, 2021 Dalo is a shared signature used by two contemporary ceramis...
Ceramic
$1,700 / item
H 16.5 in W 16.5 in D 9 in
Travertine Marble Rectangular Side Table Drinks Table Coffee Table Chiseled Edge
Located in Chicago, IL
Italian travertine rectangular tall side tables, end tables, coffee table or a great drinks table. Contemporary bespoke design rustic edge by Pavilion Antiques...
Travertine
Rare Fine Quality Gilded Bronze Gueridon by Maison Bagues
By Maison Baguès
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare fine quality gilded bronze guéridon by Maison Baguès with palm motif tripod base the gallery top fitted with "Verde Antico marble".
Bronze
French Art Deco Alabaster Gueridon Table / Side Table
Located in Barcelona, ES
Outstanding Alabaster Gueridon Table France, 1930-1940 Gueridon Side Table / Drinks Table in Turned Alabaster. Manufactured at the Art Deco Period. Rare find. Amazing color! Elegant ...
Alabaster
$445
H 27 in W 20 in D 20 in
Vintage Iwo-Tier Side Table with Inlaid Top and. Floral Marquetry Accents.
Located in Seattle, WA
This vintage two-tier side table features refined traditional styling and detailed decorative craftsmanship.The top surface includes an inlaid design with a circular border and intr...
Metal
French Art Deco Table By Jules Leleu
By Eugene Printz, Jules Leleu, Paul Follot, Maison Dominique, Jean Dunand
Located in Houston, TX
French Art Deco Table By Jules Leleu. Offered is a gorgeous 1930's era French Art Deco sycamore table trimmed in stunning bronze accents and sabots and topped with a beautiful gold e...
Bronze
Spanish Art Deco Carved Alabaster Gueridon Table
Located in Barcelona, ES
Gueridon Side Table / Drinks Table in Turned Alabaster, Spain, 1930s-1940s. Manufactured at the Art Deco Period. Elegant alabaster side table with round top and pedestal round base. ...
Alabaster
$4,850
H 30.5 in Dm 20.5 in
Fine French Louis XVI Style Gilt Wood Carved Guéridon Side Table with Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Louis XVI Style Gilt Wood Carved Guéridon Side Table with Marble Top. The circular gilt wood carved apron with an acanthus tied leaf wreath, raised on four fluted carved leg...
Marble
Jules Leleu Pair of French Art Deco Side Tables
By Jules Leleu
Located in Bridgewater, CT
A pair of French Art Deco side tables, circa 1930s signed LELEU, in rosewood with mother of pearl inlaid.
Rosewood
Jules Leleu, Side Table, Walnut, Glass, France, 1940s
By Jules Leleu
Located in High Point, NC
A walnut, okoumé and black-stained glass side table or coffee table designed and produced by Jules Leleu, France, c. 1942. Provenance Collection Monsieur and Madame Arthur Lardillat...
Glass, Walnut
Art Deco Bedside Tables by Jules Leleu, France, 1923
By Jules Leleu
Located in Roma, IT
A splendid pair of Art Dèco bedside tables realized by Jules Leleu in 1923. Amboyna burl veneer, Breccia marble tops, and brass or bone knobs. A refined and sculptural pair of Art ...
Mahogany
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H 21.5 in W 14.5 in D 12.5 in
Jules Leleu, Pair of Two-Tiered Circular Side Tables, France, c. 1933
By Jules Leleu
Located in New York, NY
This pair of two-tiered, mirror topped side tables are notable for their combination of materials (walnut and mirrored glass), as well as a daring assemblage of shapes — three dimens...
Mirror, Walnut
Jules Leleu Circular Green Lacquer Two-Tier Side Table, France, 1960s
By Jules Leleu
Located in New York, NY
This charming two-tiered, tripodal table is as unusual as it is useful. Its green lacquered top is by Paul-Etienne Saïn and Henri Tambuté. The pair, who met in captivity during the...
Bronze
1940s Side Table by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in CA, CA
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...
Brass
Pair of Jules Leleu Side Tables
By Jules Leleu
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautiful pair of Jules Leleu side tables with black lacquered tops. Produced in 1955.
Leather
Sold
H 25 in W 15.75 in D 15.5 in
2 Fine French Art Deco Mahogany and Rosewood Side Tables by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in Long Island City, NY
Two fine French Art Deco side tables by Jules Leleu with a solid mahogany base and a rosewood veneered top. Stamped. Dimensions: Bigger one is H 25" x W 15 3/4" x D 15 1/2" Smaller...
Mahogany, Rosewood
French Midcentury 1930s Ceruse Oak End/Side Table
By Jules Leleu
Located in Queens, NY
French midcentury 1930s bleached ceruse oak end or side table with a round sunburst design top resting on a four-panel pedestal base with bronze sabot feet (LELEU). Jules Leleu was ...
Bronze
Modernist Rosewood Wine Stand by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Outstanding mirror top wine stand dating from the 1930s designed by modern master Jules Leleu. Once part of the furnishings of the Carlyle Hotel in NYC. Gold mirrored top with bronze...
Rosewood
Pair of Side Tables by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Pair of tables designed by Jules Leu, circa 1960s. Numbered.
Iron
Ebonized Coffee Table by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in Greding, DE
Very elegant French Coffeetable by Jules Leleu dating from the 1950's.
Wood
Two Tiered Walnut Side Table by Maison Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in New York, NY
Two tiered side table in walnut with gun metal patinated legs and gilt-bronze sabots, by Leleu
Ormolu