Lot Essay
Jean Boucault, maître in 1728.
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BY JEAN BOUCAULT, CIRCA 1750
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A SUITE OF FOUR LOUIS XV WALNUT FAUTEUILS
BY JEAN BOUCAULT, CIRCA 1750
Each with serpentine-shaped back, arms and seat covered in embroidered yellow silk with flowers pattern, the top rail centred by sprays of flowers and decorated to the corners with foliage, the arms on chanelled supports, the seat rail decorated conformingly to the top rail, on slightly cabriole legs headed by flowerhead, decorated with foliage and terminating in acanthus-carved sabots, each stamped once 'I.BOUCAULT', with circular printed transit label
BY JEAN BOUCAULT, CIRCA 1750
Each with serpentine-shaped back, arms and seat covered in embroidered yellow silk with flowers pattern, the top rail centred by sprays of flowers and decorated to the corners with foliage, the arms on chanelled supports, the seat rail decorated conformingly to the top rail, on slightly cabriole legs headed by flowerhead, decorated with foliage and terminating in acanthus-carved sabots, each stamped once 'I.BOUCAULT', with circular printed transit label
Provenance
With Bernard Stodel, Amsterdam.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.