Maison Leleu, Tokyo, Wallpapered Screen, France, circa 1950
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Maison Leleu, Tokyo, Wallpapered Screen, France, circa 1950
About the Item
- Creator:Paule Leleu (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 73.5 in (186.69 cm)Width: 83 in (210.82 cm)Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
- Style:Art Deco (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:1950s
- Condition:Additions or alterations made to the original: Applied to screen.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: LELEU 80I1stDibs: LU781318631822
Paule Leleu
The story of Art Deco is incomplete without the contributions of Paule Leleu. The daughter of celebrated French designer Jules Leleu, Paule carved out her niche in designing beautiful Western European rugs. A rich use of color and bold geometric patterns made Leleu’s rugs a quintessential representation of Art Deco style.
Leleu was born in 1906 into a family with a love of design. Her grandfather operated a painting business in Paris, which her father and uncle transformed into an interior design company. They grew it into an influential design studio, which was among the first to pivot to Art Deco when it became popular after World War I. The Leleu design studio won the top prize at the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts.
French designer Ivan da Silva Bruhns initially helmed the rug department of the Leleu firm. When he left the company in 1936, Paule Leleu took over. She expanded on da Silva Bruhns’s success and soon produced many award-winning designs.
Leleu instilled the Art Deco style into her hand-knotted rugs that featured simple linear motifs and decorative flourishes. In the 1940s, she began using floral patterns. Leleu always created her designs with her family company’s furniture in mind. Like that furniture, her later carpets also tended towards the minimalism of mid-century modern style.
Across her career as the chief rug designer at the Leleu design house, Paule Leleu is credited with more than 500 rug designs. The stunning statement pieces remain classics for today’s homes.
On 1stDibs, find Paule Leleu rugs and carpets as well as other home accents.
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