BY JEAN-BAPTISTE BOULARD, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XVI PARCEL-GILT AND CREME PAINTED FOOT-REST
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE BOULARD, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The square serpentine padded seat covered in light brown leather on paterea headed tapering fluted legs

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Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste Boulard (circa 1725-1789) was maître in 1755. He is best known for the chairs he supplied to the Garde-Meuble in the Louis XVI style from 1777. During this period he devoted most of his time to the decorative schemes co-ordinated by Haur for the Garde-Meuble.

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