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Lot 591

A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED FLORAL MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE

BY LEONARD BOUDIN, CIRCA 1760

Closed10 December 2009

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED FLORAL MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
BY LEONARD BOUDIN, CIRCA 1760
Inlaid overall with an illusionistic cube pattern framed by strapwork, the kidney-shaped top with floral spray within a cartouche, above a tambour enclosing a writing-drawer with slide and pots above three further drawers, with two hinged drawers to the right side, on cabriole legs, stamped 'BOUDIN' twice and 'JME', some mounts associated
26½ in. (68 cm.) high; 21½ in. (55 cm.) deep; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Leonard Boudin, maître in 1761.

Leonard Boudin was a marchand-ébéniste who commissioned work from his fellow ébénistes as well as making things himself. Amongst the most prolific of the Transitional Period, his stamp as a marchand often appears alongside those of the maker, particularly Roussel, Peridiez and Cosson, with whom he collaborated frequently.