A LOUIS XV TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD, FRUITWOOD, GREEN-STAINED AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE
A LOUIS XV TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD, FRUITWOOD, GREEN-STAINED AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE

BY LEONARD BOUDIN, CIRCA 1761-1765

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A LOUIS XV TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD, FRUITWOOD, GREEN-STAINED AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE
BY LEONARD BOUDIN, CIRCA 1761-1765
Inlaid overall with floral sprays, the bowed brèche d'Alep marble top with moulded border above a frieze drawer, a pair of tambour shutters enclosing an interior fitted with compartments and drawers, a writing slide, fitted writing drawer, and a pair of tambour shutters below, on short ormolu-capped legs, the top twice stamped 'L. BOUDIN JME', chalked '6616',missing central division to base, formerly with corner clasps
57½ in. (146 cm.) high; 44½ in. (113 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
Provenance
Ader-Picard, Palais Galliera, Paris, 9 December 1967, lot 123.

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Boudin (maître in 1761) was particularly renowned for the quality of his floral marquetry, a skill he learned while apprenticed to the ébéniste, Pierre II Migeon (d. 1758). In 1772, he began retailing furniture from premises on the rue Fromenteau, five years later he moved to the cloister of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois. Characteristic of his work are panels of floral marquetry framed by amaranth, such as on the present piece. Large floral garlands are also associated with Boudin's marquetry. As a marchand-ébéniste, his stamp is often found alongside that of RVLC, Evald, Denizot and Gilbert, indicating that Boudin retailed these pieces on behalf of these ébénistes. Boudin worked not only with marquetry veneers, but also with Chinese lacquer and japanned (vernis) panels imitating Chinese lacquer. As a result of this activity, his stamp is found on many pieces of furniture and, at the end of his career in 1791, he maintained that many of those pieces were retailed by him.

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