A Louis XVI-style ormolu-mounted Vernis Martin bonheur-du-jour

BY BOUDET, PARIS, CIRCA 1890

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A Louis XVI-style ormolu-mounted Vernis Martin bonheur-du-jour
By Boudet, Paris, Circa 1890
The marble-inset galleried top above a door flanked by fluted columns and a pair of shaped galleried shelves to each side, with cylinder roll top, the interior with pull-out velvet-lined writing surface, with open compartment above three drawers, above a frieze drawer with lock engraved Boudet. 43 Bd des Capucines, on circular fluted tapering legs and toupie feet
57in. (145.5cm.) high; 29in. (75cm.) wide; 17in. (44.3cm.) deep
Boudet

Lot Essay

Specializing in ameublements d'art, the firm of Boudet had premises at 43, boulevard des Capucines between 1886 and 1908, after which time the company moved to 8, place Vendme and became known as Boudet Frres et Cie.

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