Provenance

Chateau de la Paluelle, Brittany, France

Leonard Boudin: 

Leonard Boudin (1735-1804), was an independent & leading ébéniste who worked in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine district of Paris until 1767. Throughout his career, Boudin was renowned for his incredible skill in marquetry, parquetry and lacquer. He became a master ébéniste in 1761 and his reputation was further enhanced after he supplied a bureau-plat to Gilles Joubert (marchand-ébéniste to the Garde-Meuble Royal) for the Comte de Provence at Compiègne, and a commode for the Comte at Fontainebleau in 1771. Among his other patrons were le Chevalier d'Arc and le Marquis de Castelmore. Boudin even supplied furniture to a number of fellow ébénistes, including Pierre Migeon, Gérard Péridiez, Roger Vandercruse (RVLC) and Louis Moreau. After a number of significant commissions, Boudin became one of the leading marchand-merciers and opened a shop in the Rue Froidmanteau in the early 1770s. The marchand-merciers were a combination of entrepreneurs, designers, antique dealers and furniture commissioners who were important in setting the styles in design and inspiration for interiors in France during the 18th century. As a marchand-mercier, Boudin commissioned pieces from other leading makers, such as Gilbert, Roussel, Latz, Chevallier, Foullet, Bayer and Topino, whose stamps are found on a number of pieces, stamped again by Boudin in his role as retailer. Boudin transferred his business to the cloister of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois in 1777. He also offered his services in interior design, as evidenced in his collaboration in the furnishing of the duchesse d'Arenberg's residence in the rue de la Ville-l'Evêque. 

Some of the most important pieces of furniture bearing Boudin's stamp are in the collections of the Louvre, Carnavalet, Chateau de Versailles, The Royal Collection in England, Cleveland Museum of Art, V&A Museum in London, Kunst Husgeradskam in Stockholm. 

Measurements

Dimensions CM Inches
Width: 147 58
Depth: 67 26.5
Height: 86 34