BY LEONARD BOUDIN, CIRCA 1775

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A LOUIS XVI TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
BY LEONARD BOUDIN, CIRCA 1775
The eared rectangular marble top with canted angles above a concave cornice and a panelled frieze with a trellis pattern and fitted with a drawer, above a fall-front inlaid with a musical trophy in Greek key-pattern frame, enclosing four pigeon-holes and six drawers, above two doors inlaid with sprays of flowers flanked by foliate swags in similarly decorated frames enclosing a shelf, the canted angles with simulated fluting and terminating in block feet, stamped 'L. BOUDIN', with a label inscribed '40' and another one indistincly inscribed, the marble top with a restored break
54½ in. (138 cm.) high; 40 in. (102 cm.) wide; 16¾ in. (42 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Léonard Boudin, maître in 1761.

The marchand-ébéniste Léonard Boudin's oeuvre is arguably the most prolific of the Transitional period, and his stamp as marchand often appears alongside that of the maker. Boudin's activity as a marchand flourished, and he employed ébénistes such as Evalde, Foullet, Denizot, Topino and Gilbert, bronziers like Ravrio and Labbé and vernisseurs such as Martin frères to satisfy his client's demands. A secretaire supplied by Boudin and Gilbert was sold by the Marquess of Cholmondeley in these Rooms, Works of Art from Houghton, 8 December 1994, lot 74.

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