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attributed to André-Charles Boulle
(11th Nov, 1642 - 28th Feb, 1732)
Bureau plat
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / image RMN-GP
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
Louis XIV style
desk
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Color #363737
Color #8d8468
Color #d8dcd6
Color #6b4247
Color #7f684e
Color #b9a281
Color #c8aca9
Color #536267
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About the artwork
Title:
Bureau plat
Periods:
18th century
modern age
Techniques:
tortoise shell (material)
veneer
walnut tree (wood)
dorure
oak (wood)
bâti
ebony (wood)
brass
cabinetwork (technique)
Boulle marquetry
bronze
Dimensions:
800 x 2020
Inventory number:
OA6313
Detail:
Vers 1710
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
attributed to
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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