Maison Leleu
Medium: Walnut veneer, chrome plated metal details & frosted glass diffuser
Dimensions: 66.5 in high
This elegant floor lamp, a design from the early 1930s by Jules Leleu, features a tapered stem in walnut veneer--a long vertical element that unites the playfully complementary shapes of the lamp's chrome detailed feet and frosted glass diffuser.
For an illustration of the model, see:
Jutheau, Viviane, Jules et Andre Leleu, Paris : Editioms Vecteurs, 1989, 94.
Françoise Siriex, Leleu, Décorateurs ensembliers, Édition Monelle Hayot, 2007, modèle reproduit p. 342, lampadaire n° 1987, circa 1932.