A collection of 4 unusual art deco frosted glass lanterns by Georges leleu with original hexagonal brass mounts. The glass is apparently unsigned. France c.1925-35

Provenance:

• see Catalogue picture credited to:  Michiel Paravas

Please note:

• 4 available to buy
• Price displayed is for  a pair
• Available to buy as a spair or set of 4

Dimensions/ Specifications:

•  Ht.(as displayed)50/19.5, W.(shade)12cm/4.75in ,Ht.(shade)15/6
• Supplied with 3in ceiling rose
• Height reducible

Not Included:

• Each light requires 1 x B.22  (4w or 6w) L.E.D golf Bulb (Available to purchase in our accessories department)
• Ceiling or wall fixings

Etablissement Georges Leleu, Paris (1920-40)

GeorgesLeleu 1883-1961

• Georges Leleu was a prominent French lighting designer whose career spanned the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods
• Leleu was one of the few high-profile designers to commission bespoke glass from Verreries des Hanots. While Hanots produced its own line of glass, they acted as a foundry for Leleu’s specific visions.
• Many of the thick, frosted, and geometric glass shades found on Leleu’s Art Deco chandeliers and lamps were manufactured exclusively for him at the Hanots factory in Les Andelys
• Leleu founded his company, Leleu & Robillard, at the turn of the century in Paris, initially specialising in intricate Art Nouveau oil lamps decorated with naturalistic motifs like mistletoe and pine cones.
• Art Deco Mastery: After World War I, he rebranded as Etablissement Georges Leleu and shifted toward the modernist “streamline” look of the 1920s and 30s.
• His firm was a major presence at the 1925 International Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris, helping define the French Art Deco aesthetic.
• The business operated from the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris until it closed in the late 1930s.