Estimate

1.800 - 2.200

Session 1

14 April 2021

Hammer Price

Description

Beech
Textile upholstery pined with yellow metal tacks
Stamped "BOVO"
France, 18th century
(signs of wear)

105x150x70 cm

Category

Furniture

Additional Information

The BOVO stamp is attributed to Léonard Beauvau, a French ébénist from the 18th century who inherited his father's studio on rue de Cléry, and who remained active during the 1750s, until the reign of Louis XVI, having died in the early 1780s.
His cabinetry activity is marked by the attention to the balance of the carvings, whether they are made of natural wood in the shape of flowers, of Rococo influence, or of a Neoclassical influence. His work also shows us the purity of the lines highlighted by the simple treatment of the wood in the molding of the upholstery, as can be seen in this example.
Of his authorship stands out a chair from the Wrightsman collection that is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Bibliografia/Literature:

J. Nicolay, L'art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes français au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1982, p.80;
P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Dictionnaire des ébénistes et des menuisiers, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2002, p. 127.