FRENCH ART DECO EXOTIC WOODS MARQUETRY MACASSAR
AN ELEGANT FRENCH ART DECO EXOTIC WOODS MARQUETRY INLAID MACASSAR EBONY AND GILT IRON CREDENZA, POSSIBLY BY JULES LELEU, PAULE LELEU, AND GILBERT POILLERAT, TOULOUSE, 1930s, The rectangular top centering a raised panel with basket weave parquetry inlay framed by rosewood crossbanding above stepped cavetto sides, inset from double reeded trim over a vertically inlaid frieze and two long doors mounted with silvered metal cinch reeded block escutcheons opening to tulipwood lined interiors with adjustable shelf fittings, flanking a short vertical marquetry inlaid door with exotic fruitwoods and highlighted in abalone with pewter/brass details, depicting two bare torsoed mermaids flanking long sinuous sea grasses interspersed with waving starfish above a nautilus shell and stylized fan shell over a sea coral cluster, opening to a tulipwood lined interior of six short drawers, over an external vertically inlaid flaring base and raised on gilt and patinated iron supports, cast as twist cord tied cursive loops flanking a triple line detailed scrolling bracket after Gilbert Poillerat, raised on stepped rectangular plaques and joined by a conforming stretcher plinth ending on gilt brass trim. Height: 40 1/4" Width: 8' 10 1/4" Depth: 18 3/4" Note: Jules Leleu (French 1883-1961), marquetry possibly by Paule Leleu (1906-1987) daughter of Jules Leleu, gilt iron possibly by Guilbert Poillerat (French 1902-1988). Provenance: Property of an Important Houston Antiques DealerEstimate $50.000-60.000
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AN ELEGANT FRENCH ART DECO EXOTIC WOODS MARQUETRY INLAID MACASSAR EBONY AND GILT IRON CREDENZA, POSSIBLY BY JULES LELEU, PAULE LELEU, AND GILBERT POILLERAT, TOULOUSE, 1930s, The rectangular top centering a raised panel with basket weave parquetry inlay framed by rosewood crossbanding above stepped cavetto sides, inset from double reeded trim over a vertically inlaid frieze and two long doors mounted with silvered metal cinch reeded block escutcheons opening to tulipwood lined interiors with adjustable shelf fittings, flanking a short vertical marquetry inlaid door with exotic fruitwoods and highlighted in abalone with pewter/brass details, depicting two bare torsoed mermaids flanking long sinuous sea grasses interspersed with waving starfish above a nautilus shell and stylized fan shell over a sea coral cluster, opening to a tulipwood lined interior of six short drawers, over an external vertically inlaid flaring base and raised on gilt and patinated iron supports, cast as twist cord tied cursive loops flanking a triple line detailed scrolling bracket after Gilbert Poillerat, raised on stepped rectangular plaques and joined by a conforming stretcher plinth ending on gilt brass trim. Height: 40 1/4" Width: 8' 10 1/4" Depth: 18 3/4" Note: Jules Leleu (French 1883-1961), marquetry possibly by Paule Leleu (1906-1987) daughter of Jules Leleu, gilt iron possibly by Guilbert Poillerat (French 1902-1988). Provenance: Property of an Important Houston Antiques DealerEstimate $50.000-60.000
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