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André-Charles Boulle
(11th Nov, 1642 - 28th Feb, 1732)
Armoire
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Photo (C) Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Martine Beck-Coppola
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closet
Louis XIV style
arabesque
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Color #c5c9c7
Color #7a6a4f
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Color #ada587
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About the artwork
Title:
Armoire
Periods:
modern age
17th century
Techniques:
dorure
Boulle marquetry
horn (material)
ebony (wood)
tortoise shell (material)
cabinetwork (technique)
brass
bronze
Dimensions:
2627 x 1367
Inventory number:
OA5441
Detail:
Vers 1710. Provenance : Grand Cabinet de Thierry de Ville d'Avray (place Louis XV)
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
André-Charles Boulle
Also known as:
André Charles Boulle
Andre-Charles Boulle
Born:
11th Nov, 1642
Dead:
28th Feb, 1732
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
André-Charles Boulle
(11 November 1642 – 28 February 1732) was the French cabinetmaker who is generally considered to be the preeminent artist in the field of marquetry, even "the most remarkable of all French cabinetmakers." His fame in marquetry led to his name being given to the fashion he perfected of inlaying brass and tortoiseshell, known as
Boulle
(or, in 19th-century Britain,
Buhl work
).
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