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Lot Essay
Léonard Boudin, maître in 1761
The unusual frames of the tripartite front consisting of double scrolled borders are an original expression of the rocaille taste. This commode is related to the oeuvre of the ébéniste and marchand Léonard Boudin (1735-1807) who used the same composition on several pieces. This includes a commode illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1998, p. 94 and another sold, Christie's, London, 30 May 1968, lot 53.
The scrolls derived from the oeuvre of Bernand II van Risemburg known as BVRB (maître in 1730) who often decorated his celebrated series of occasional table with similar bois de boût scrolls. One of these tables, formerly in the Wrightsman Collection and then sold, Sotheby's, London, 2 December 1983, lot 37, is illustrated in F. J. B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, New York, 1966, Vol. I, p. 255-256.
Léonard Boudin started his career as an independent ébéniste working for several of his contemporaries such as Migeon and Péridiez. He soon became an able craftsman as stated in L'Almanach Dauphin in 1770. After receiving important commissions he became a marchand-ébéniste and ordered pieces from his fellow ébénistes. His Louis XV furniture is thought to be entirely his own work.
The unusual frames of the tripartite front consisting of double scrolled borders are an original expression of the rocaille taste. This commode is related to the oeuvre of the ébéniste and marchand Léonard Boudin (1735-1807) who used the same composition on several pieces. This includes a commode illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1998, p. 94 and another sold, Christie's, London, 30 May 1968, lot 53.
The scrolls derived from the oeuvre of Bernand II van Risemburg known as BVRB (maître in 1730) who often decorated his celebrated series of occasional table with similar bois de boût scrolls. One of these tables, formerly in the Wrightsman Collection and then sold, Sotheby's, London, 2 December 1983, lot 37, is illustrated in F. J. B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, New York, 1966, Vol. I, p. 255-256.
Léonard Boudin started his career as an independent ébéniste working for several of his contemporaries such as Migeon and Péridiez. He soon became an able craftsman as stated in L'Almanach Dauphin in 1770. After receiving important commissions he became a marchand-ébéniste and ordered pieces from his fellow ébénistes. His Louis XV furniture is thought to be entirely his own work.