BY LEONARD BOUDIN, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE LACQUER AND JAPANNED COMMODE
BY LEONARD BOUDIN, MID-18TH CENTURY
The shaped brèche d'Alep marble top, decorated overall with seascapes islands, pagodas and boat with figures, within pierced scrolling foliate encadrements, above two large drawers veneered to the top borders with tulipwood and kingwood, on cabriole legs headed by pierced rocaille chutes and terminating in paw feet; stamped 'L.BOUDIN' and twice 'JME', the mounts regilt
33 ¾ in. (86 cm.) high; 51 in. (130 cm.) wide; 23 in. (59 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Couturier & Nicolay, Paris, 27 March 1991, lot 118.

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Lot Essay

Leonard Boudin, maître in 1761.

This elegant commode typifies the fashion for furniture mounted with exotic and rare lacquer which was controlled by the marchand-merciers. It relates to a group of lacquer commodes with similar trailing foliate rococo mounts used by ébénistes such as Mathieu Criaerd and Jacques Dubois, indicating that Léonard Boudin, who was also marchand, probably collaborated with another ébéniste for its realisation.
A closely related commode with almost identical shape and similarly mounted, stamped by Dubois, was sold at Christie's, London, 6 July 2016, lot 72.

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