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Lot Essay
Léonard Boudin, maître in 1761.
The son of a compagnon-tabletier, Léonard Boudin of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine gained his maîtrise on 4 March 1761. On becoming a marchand-mercier, he established himself in the early 1770s in the Clôtre Saint Germain l'Auxerrois, close to the Louvre and his fellow ébénistes in the rue Saint Honoré
Boudin flourished as a marchand-mercier, and it was not unusual for him to deliver as much as 10,000 livres of furniture at one time, either to other marchands, both at home and abroad, or to private clients. Amongst these, he counted such figures as the duc de Duras, the Prince of Orange and the duchesse d'Arenberg as his principal patrons. However, by 1777 his debts amounted to the colossal sum of 248,340 livres, while his assets did not exceed 10,000 livres.
Boudin was, above all, a 'grossiste du meuble'. Possessing an enormous stock right up until his death, he often rented furniture to private clients. However, unlike his peers of the rue Saint Honoré such as Daguerre and Dulac, Boudin rarely dealt in luxury furniture.
The son of a compagnon-tabletier, Léonard Boudin of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine gained his maîtrise on 4 March 1761. On becoming a marchand-mercier, he established himself in the early 1770s in the Clôtre Saint Germain l'Auxerrois, close to the Louvre and his fellow ébénistes in the rue Saint Honoré
Boudin flourished as a marchand-mercier, and it was not unusual for him to deliver as much as 10,000 livres of furniture at one time, either to other marchands, both at home and abroad, or to private clients. Amongst these, he counted such figures as the duc de Duras, the Prince of Orange and the duchesse d'Arenberg as his principal patrons. However, by 1777 his debts amounted to the colossal sum of 248,340 livres, while his assets did not exceed 10,000 livres.
Boudin was, above all, a 'grossiste du meuble'. Possessing an enormous stock right up until his death, he often rented furniture to private clients. However, unlike his peers of the rue Saint Honoré such as Daguerre and Dulac, Boudin rarely dealt in luxury furniture.