A kingwood and parquetry commode in the manner of Léonard Boudin Louis XV, remounted

of bombé form, with a moulded serpentine brèche d'Alep marble top, above two long drawers, framed with a `c' scroll and rocaille cartouche, with similarly mounted sides, the knees with pierced and acanthus cast mounts, above a shaped apron, on cabriole legs, with elaborately scrolled and floral cast rocaille mounts throughout 



redecorated in the 19th century, including the mounts 

Probably acquired by Sir William Fowle Middleton, 2nd Bt., for Shrubland Park, Suffolk, circa 1830
Thence by descent

Replica Shoes 's, Inventory, Shrubland Park, 1958, p. 16

Comparative Literature:
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIII Siècle, Paris, 1998, p. 87, figs. b, pp. 88-89, figs. a-d.  
Alexandre Pradère, French Furniture, The Art of the Ebéniste from Louis XIV to the Revolution, Tours, 1989, p. 270, fig. 270.

The decoration of this commode with its segmentally veneered central cartouche is inspired by the work of Léonard Boudin as it was a device commonly used by him on furniture, see for example Kjellberg, op. cit., pp. 87-89.

Léonard Boudin(1735-1807) received Master 1761.

Related commodes sold at auction include:

-a commode sold as lot 53, in these Rooms, 25th March 1971.

-a commode signed Boudin, sold as lot 204, in these Rooms, 6th March 1977.