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André-Charles Boulle
(11th Nov, 1642 - 28th Feb, 1732)
Cabinet
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Photo (C) Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Thierry Ollivier
musée du Louvre
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Keywords:
cabinet (furniture)
Louis XIV style
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Color #929591
Color #070d0d
Color #95a3a6
Color #7a6a4f
Color #363737
Color #e6daa6
Color #ac9362
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About the artwork
Title:
Cabinet
Periods:
modern age
18th century
17th century
XVIIth century
XVIIIth century
Techniques:
Boulle marquetry
bronze
cabinetwork (technique)
dorure
bâti
tortoise shell (material)
ebony (wood)
copper
gilded
veneer
Inventory number:
OA5452
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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