CIRCA 1780, STAMPED L. BOUDIN, SOME MOUNTS EITHER RECHASED OR REPLACED

Details

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE BONHEUR DU JOUR
Circa 1780, stamped L. BOUDIN, some mounts either rechased or replaced
The shaped grey and white marble top with three quarter gallery above a single drawer and leather-lined fall-front writing surface, flanked by two open shelves on each side above and single frieze drawer, on paterae-headed square tapering legs joined by a stretcher-shelf, the underside of top drawer marked 1339 in blue chalk
41¼in. (104.8cm.) high, 26in. (66cm.) wide, 13in. (33cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 26 October 1994, lot 137 ($30,000).

Lot Essay

Léonard Boudin, maître in 1761.

An almost identical bonheur du jour by Nicolas Petit (maître in 1765) is illustrated in Collection Conaissance des Arts: French Cabinetmakers of the Eighteenth Century, 1963, pp.206-207.

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