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Jean-François Leleu
(1729 - 1807)
Commode
1772
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Daniel Arnaudet
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Daniel Arnaudet
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Keywords:
Louis XV style
Transition style (in between Louis XV and Louis XVI)
chest of drawers
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About the artwork
Title:
Commode
Periods:
18th century
modern age
XVIIIth century
Techniques:
cabinetwork (technique)
dorure
marquetry
gilded
amaranth
veneer
oak (wood)
sycamore (wood)
bâti
bronze
Dimensions:
870 x 1245
Inventory number:
OA9589
Detail:
Exécutée pour Louis-Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé (1736-1718). Provenance : Chambre à coucher du Palais Bourbon
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Jean-François Leleu
Born:
1729
Dead:
1807
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Jean-François Leleu
(1729 - 1807) was a leading French furniture-maker (ébéniste) of the eighteenth century. Leleu was trained in the workshop of Jean-François Oeben (1721-1763), and after his master's death took the workshop's lead and became master in 1764. His furniture was known for its high quality, elegance, and restraint, with inlays of diamonds, roses, or floral bouquets. When working for
marchands-merciers
, he also used inlays of Sèvres porcelain and lacquer. Leleu's clients included…
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