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THE SALOMON COLLECTION 305
828. Important Inlaid Tulipwood and Satinwood Cabinet
Mounted in Cuivre Dore
By Jean Francois Leleu [M.E. 1764] and Gouthiere
Louis XVI Period
Feather-paneled tulipwood top, with outset corners over pilasters.
Front fitted with two glazed doors having arched corners, inlaid with
satinwood rosettes within a diamond lattice; canted pilasters inlaid
with tortoise-shell elmroot; serpentine ends, paneled with tulipwood.
On valanced base scrolling into cabriole legs. Interior arranged with
four shelves. Mounted in exceptionally finely chiseled cuivre dore
with acanthus leaf and husk molding to top; double leaf moldings and
corners to doors, single molding on ends, beautifully scrolled acanthus-
leaf brackets crowning pilasters, knee and valance appliques, the last
crowned by a varied leaf molding. Signed on back in two places,
J. F. Leleu.
Height, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet
Note: Jean Francois Leleu [1729-1807] was one of the most famous of
all French ebenistes. He worked as a youth for Oeben, and establishing
himself on the Chaussee de la Contrescarpe, in front of the Bastille, was
received into the Paris corporation in 1764, becoming syndic in 1766. He
executed a great number of royal commissions for Madame du Barry and
later for the Prince de Conde. Gouthiere, equally the most renowned of all
ciseleurs, carried out much of his finest work for Leleu; the superb quality
of the mountings of the present cabinet show him at the height of his talent.
[See illustration on opposite page]
828. Important Inlaid Tulipwood and Satinwood Cabinet
Mounted in Cuivre Dore
By Jean Francois Leleu [M.E. 1764] and Gouthiere
Louis XVI Period
Feather-paneled tulipwood top, with outset corners over pilasters.
Front fitted with two glazed doors having arched corners, inlaid with
satinwood rosettes within a diamond lattice; canted pilasters inlaid
with tortoise-shell elmroot; serpentine ends, paneled with tulipwood.
On valanced base scrolling into cabriole legs. Interior arranged with
four shelves. Mounted in exceptionally finely chiseled cuivre dore
with acanthus leaf and husk molding to top; double leaf moldings and
corners to doors, single molding on ends, beautifully scrolled acanthus-
leaf brackets crowning pilasters, knee and valance appliques, the last
crowned by a varied leaf molding. Signed on back in two places,
J. F. Leleu.
Height, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet
Note: Jean Francois Leleu [1729-1807] was one of the most famous of
all French ebenistes. He worked as a youth for Oeben, and establishing
himself on the Chaussee de la Contrescarpe, in front of the Bastille, was
received into the Paris corporation in 1764, becoming syndic in 1766. He
executed a great number of royal commissions for Madame du Barry and
later for the Prince de Conde. Gouthiere, equally the most renowned of all
ciseleurs, carried out much of his finest work for Leleu; the superb quality
of the mountings of the present cabinet show him at the height of his talent.
[See illustration on opposite page]
