A LOUIS XV WALNUT BERGERE EN GONDOLE

BY JEAN BOUCAULT

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A LOUIS XV WALNUT BERGERE EN GONDOLE
By Jean Boucault
With channelled serpentine frame, the curved shaped back, sides and squab cushion covered in close-nailed dark red cut velvet, the toprail and the shaped apron centred by flowers, on cabriole legs headed by flowers and scrolled feet, stamped 'J. BOUCAULT', one back foot spliced, the exposed back strutt replaced

拍品专文

Jean Boucault, matre in 1728.

As a Menuisier en siges established in rue de Clry, Jean Boucault supplied chairs to the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne. Several of his chairs bear the inventory brand of the chteau de Versailles and a similar bergre en gondole, bearing Boucault's stamp, is recorded in J. Nicolay, Matres Ebnistes Franais au XVIIIe Sicle, Paris, 1956, pp. 22-23, fig. D.