A Louis XVI rosewood and amaranth marquetry ormolu-mounted commode by Leonard Boudin (master in Paris 1761).

veneered with rosewood, amaranth, ebony, and maple. Curved form with a shaped front and cabriole legs. Fittings of gilded bronze. Composed front with inlays of a musical trophy within geometric frames flanked by fields of parquetry. Signed "L. BOUDIN" and marked with the guild stamp JME (juré-menuisiers-ébénistes). Later top of Kolmård marble. Length 128.5, width 60, height 89 cm.

Provenance

Previously in the collections at Kyleberg, Östergötland.
Bukowskis Internationella auktion 2004, cat. nr. 812.
Thence by descent.

Literature

Slott och Herresäten i Sverige: Östergötland, part 1, Malmö 1971. Mentioned on pages 347-348.

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