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Lot Essay
Jean-Baptiste Hedouin, maître in 1738
This bureau plat is stamped by Jean-Baptiste Hedouin of the rue Traversiere-Saint-Antoine. His stamp has also featured alongside that of his celebrated brother-in-law Pierre Migeon (d.1758), probably acting as marchand-ébéniste, who was employed by Louis XV's Garde-Meuble.
The brand is that of Edward Holmes Baldock (d.1845), who traded as 'Antique Furniture and Ornamental China Dealer' from 1808-1844, and was patronised by George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria. His brand 'EHB' also features on a bureau plat supplied in 1841 to the Duke of Buccleuch (see G. de Bellaigue, 'Edward Holmes Baldock', Connoisseur, September 1975, p. 25, fig. 15).
This bureau plat is stamped by Jean-Baptiste Hedouin of the rue Traversiere-Saint-Antoine. His stamp has also featured alongside that of his celebrated brother-in-law Pierre Migeon (d.1758), probably acting as marchand-ébéniste, who was employed by Louis XV's Garde-Meuble.
The brand is that of Edward Holmes Baldock (d.1845), who traded as 'Antique Furniture and Ornamental China Dealer' from 1808-1844, and was patronised by George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria. His brand 'EHB' also features on a bureau plat supplied in 1841 to the Duke of Buccleuch (see G. de Bellaigue, 'Edward Holmes Baldock', Connoisseur, September 1975, p. 25, fig. 15).
