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Etienne Levasseur
(1721 - 1798)
,
attributed to André-Charles Boulle
(11th Nov, 1642 - 28th Feb, 1732)
Paire de cabinets transformés en meuble en hauteur d'appui
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / image RMN-GP
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Louis XIV style
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About the artwork
Title:
Paire de cabinets transformés en meuble en hauteur d'appui
Periods:
modern age
18th century
Techniques:
veneer
bâti
oak (wood)
dorure
bronze
copper
tortoise shell (material)
ebony (wood)
gilded
tin (metal)
cabinetwork (technique)
Boulle marquetry
Dimensions:
1135 x 820
Inventory number:
OA5453
Detail:
Vers 1700. Restauration par EtienneLevasseur à la fin du18e siècle. Provenance . palais des Tuileries puis château de Saint-Cloud au 19e siècle. Ancienne collection Charles-Joseph Lenoir du Breuil
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Etienne Levasseur
Born:
1721
Dead:
1798
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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