Stamped L. Boudin - Inlaid Tomb Commode - Louis XV Period

Tomb commode in satin marquetry veneer with crimson decor. It opens with four drawers in three rows, curved legs, rich garniture in gilded bronze Rocaille depicting leaf foliage. Its parquet floor is covered with pink and gray marble. Louis XV period. - 18th century Stamp of Léonard BOUDIN + punch deJurande JME
Our chest of drawers should be compared, by its shape and its bronzes, to that reproduced in the book "Le Mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle" by P. Kjellberg, 1989 p. 94.
A little history: Léonard BOUDIN (1735 - 1804) Simple worker, L. BOUDIN earned a poor living when the cabinetmaker MIGEON asked him, for 3 of his customers, Executing furniture in marquetry and varnish of Chinese taste. Having amassed a small nest egg, he passed and obtained his Masters on March 4, 1761, then set up his workshop on rue Traversière. In 1770, he received orders from many renowned merchants such as Louis Moreau, he quickly acquired a great reputation and became known above all for his very varied inlays, worked with finesse and perfection. He opened a store in the cloister of St Germain l'Auxerrois in 1772. Before the influx of orders, he is in turn helped by other cabinet makers, hence the double stamp on some of his works and in particular on our chest of drawers. BOUDIN left a certain number of Louis XV and Transiti style furniture one, always of excellent manufacture and which define by their veneer and their marquetry particular and characteristic signs "à la BOUDIN manner". To this positive spirit, he added an innate feeling of Art. The numerous pieces that have come down to us bearing his mark attest to the delicacy of his taste. Almost all are distinguished by their pretty lines, their harmonious proportions, their light and dapper appearance, in particular curved dressers of the most flexible and delicate elegance. His signature is never negligible, because of the skill that guided him and the pride he attached to the fame of his name.