Lot Essay
Léonard Boudin, mâitre in 1761.
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MID-18TH CENTURY, STAMPED L. BOUDIN, REMOUNTED AND PROBABLY REVENEERED
Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD TABLE A ECRIRE
Mid-18th Century, stamped L. BOUDIN, remounted and probably reveneered
The banded and quarter-veneered shaped rectangular top with molded ormolu banded edge sliding above a shaped apron with a long drawer to one long side, this drawer with a tooled and gilt red leather writing slide covering a drawer with compartments, the waved apron above tapering slender cabriole legs mounted with rocaille ormolu angles and sabots, inscribed in red paint CC-28
29in. (73.5cm.) high, 32½in. (82.5cm.) wide, 16¾in. (42.5cm.) deep
Mid-18th Century, stamped L. BOUDIN, remounted and probably reveneered
The banded and quarter-veneered shaped rectangular top with molded ormolu banded edge sliding above a shaped apron with a long drawer to one long side, this drawer with a tooled and gilt red leather writing slide covering a drawer with compartments, the waved apron above tapering slender cabriole legs mounted with rocaille ormolu angles and sabots, inscribed in red paint CC-28
29in. (73.5cm.) high, 32½in. (82.5cm.) wide, 16¾in. (42.5cm.) deep
Provenance
The Collection of Henry Ford II, sold Sotheby Parke Bernet New York, 25 February 1978, lot 88 ($6,000).