BY LEONARD BEAUVEAU, KNOWN AS 'BOVO', MID-18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV BEECH BERGERES
BY LEONARD BEAUVEAU, KNOWN AS 'BOVO', MID-18TH CENTURY
Re-upholstered in crimson velvet with a squab cushion, each stamped indistinctly 'BOVO'
37½ in. (95.5 cm.) high; 31 in. (79 cm.) wide; 25¼ in. (64 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

These fauteuils are stamped 'BOVO' which has generally been linked to Leonard Beauveau, a menuisier working in the circle of the ébèniste Nicolas Heurtaut, himself maître in 1753 (B. Pallot, The Art of the Chair in 18th Century France, Paris, 1989, p. 218).

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