Jean-françois Leleu (1729 - 3 September 1807) Chest Of Drawers

Called at the time -demicommode- this furniture is a medal after: Jean-François Leleu (1729 - September 3, 1807) convenient that was delivered to the bedroom of the Duchess of Bourbon at the Palais Bourbon. Jean-François Leleu is considered, rightly, as one of the most talented cabinetmaker of his time. After an apprenticeship, as a simple worker, in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, he joined, as a companion, at the famous cabinetmaker Jean François Oeben, cabinetmaker of the Roy, installed at Arsenal. He has as colleague Jean-Henri Riesener who will succeed Oeben after his death in 1763. Leleu, disapointed, then passes his master's degree, which he gets in 1764 and opens his own workshop rue de la Contrescarpe, studio he leaves, little after a while, for larger premises, rue Royale. His reputation is growing very quickly. He became the main supplier of the Prince de Condé who ordered many pieces of furniture for his various residences. In 1780, he took, as a partner, his son-in-law Charles Antoine Stadler to whom he left his establishment around 1792. MUSEUMS Commode - Museum of Decorative Arts Cylinder Transition Office - Louvre Museum Pair of furniture in rosewood and violet plated, adorned with chiseled and gilded bronzes. Two drawers and, below, two leaves. Marble bracatelle top of Spain. Around 1775-1780, stamped JFLELEU. H. 99cm; L. 188cm; l. 49cm - N ° 49 - Nissim-de-Camondo Museum Large chest of drawers - Château de Versailles Large 6-foot chest of drawers - Wallace Collection Small table - Museum of Art - Cleveland Flat bureau - Metropolitain Museum - New York BIBLIOGRAPHY French furniture from the 18th century - Pierre Kjellberg - The Editions of the Amateur - 2008 The cabinetmakers of the eighteenth century - Count François de Salverte - Editions of Art and History - 1934