European Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
European Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Property from the Estate of Alexis Gregory, Sold to Benefit the Alexis Gregory Foundation
A Louis XV Gilt-Bronze Mounted Tulipwood, Amaranth, and Floral Marquetry Commode, Stamped Dubois and Boudin, Mid-18th Century
Lot Closed
April 12, 02:51 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property from the Estate of Alexis Gregory, Sold to Benefit the Alexis Gregory Foundation
A Louis XV Gilt-Bronze Mounted Tulipwood, Amaranth, and Floral Marquetry Commode, Stamped Dubois and Boudin, Mid-18th Century
with pale grey and pink marble top; stamped once DUBOIS and twice L BOUDIN and JME; partially remounted
height 33 in.; width 56 1/2 in.; depth 26 in.
84 cm.; 143.5 cm.; 66 cm.
Jacques Dubois (1694-1763), maître in 1742
Léonard Boudin (1735–1807), maître in 1761
Alexis Gregory, New York
Like many of his fellow 18th-century Parisian ébénistes Léonard Boudin was active both as a cabinetmaker and a dealer, and often applied his own stamp as a retailer of works manufactured in other workshops. Stylistically however, the floral marquetry within double serpentine inlaid borders is typical of Boudin's early work in the 1760s shortly after obtaining his maîtrise. As both he and the older Dubois were based in proximity in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine district, it is also possible Boudin completed a work that was left unfinished upon Dubois's death.