Jun 10, 2015 - Sale 2387

Sale 2387 - Lot 4

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
BOUCHER, JULES-FRANÇOIS (FILS). Recueil de Decoration Intérieure. 60 loose engraved plates. Single folio sheets, average size 466x419 mm; 10 1/2x16 1/2 inches, scattered toning and light soiling to margins, creasing along edges, impressions generally strong; lacks plate F3 which is supplied in facsimile. Laid into black cloth clamshell box with orange calf label, by Lakeside Press Bindery, Chicago. sold as is. [Paris: Chereau, circa 1774]

Additional Details

One of the major works of Boucher, son of the great painter. The plates show interior decoration at the height of the Louis XVI style (and the transition from Louis XV) which few works of the time had done. Berlin 4054.