Lot 335
  • 335

A black and gilt Chinese lacquer commode stamped L. Boudin Louis XV, mid 18th century

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • 89cm. high, 125cm. wide, 61cm. deep; 2ft. 11in., 4ft. 1¼in., 2ft.
with a serpentine veined purple, green and white marble top, above two long drawers decorated with chinoiserie figures in a landscape within a rocaille, 'c' scroll and foliate cartouche, with similarily decorated sides, on cabriole legs, on scrolled feet, with gilt-bronze mounts throughout, the back with the paper label 'colis 155 commode du grand salon' 

Catalogue Note

Comparative Literature:
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1998, p. 94, fig.b, for a black lacquer commode by Boudin.  

Léonard Boudin (1735-1807), received Master 1761.

Related Chinese black lacquer commodes stamped by the same maker sold at auction include:
-lot 96, sold in these Rooms,  1st July 1977
-lot 118, sold in these Rooms, 5th July 1985