Louis XVI Boulle/Buhl Verde Antico Marble Top Cabinet on eBay (end time 13-Dec-09 11:54:27 GMT)

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Louis XVI Boulle/Buhl Verde Antico Marble Top Cabinet

This is a stunning Louis XVI 'Style Boulle' cabinet. There is no mistaking its unique quality and design, which is certain to make it a talking point in your home. As such, this cabinet is sure to take pride of place in your dining room or reception.

The ornate cabinet is black and covered with contrasting ormolu mounts. It is verde antico marble topped and has two cupboard doors, which can be locked with the key included. The cupboard doors open to present one large storage space inside, and are breathtakingly inlaid with faux tortoiseshell (deep red colour) and brass. Along the rim are classical style ormolu drapes. The corners are finished in classical style ormolu mounts. The whole piece is wonderfully ornate.

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. His fame in marquetry led to his name being given to a fashion of inlaying known as Boulle (or, in 19th-century Britain, Buhl work).

Boulle appears to have been originally a painter, since the first payment to him by the crown of which there is any record (1669) specifies ouvrages de peinture. He was employed for many years at Versailles, where the mirrored walls, the floors of wood mosaic, the inlaid paneling and the marquetery furniture in the Cabinet du Dauphin were regarded as his most remarkable work. These rooms were long since dismantled and their contents dispersed, but Boulle's drawings for the work are in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.

His royal commissions were numerous, as we learn both from the Comptes des B timents du Roi and from the correspondence of Louvois. Not only the most magnificent of French monarchs, but foreign princes and the great nobles and financiers of his own country crowded to him with commissions, and the mot of the abbé de Marolles, Boulle y lourne en ovale, has become a stock quotation in the literature of French cabinetmaking.

Dimensions

Width: 125cm

Height: 102cm

Depth: 445 cm

Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to own this impressive and beautifully crafted boulle cabinet for a fraction of the normal retail value.

Local collection in North London, N4. Alternatively, shipping arrangements can be made at buyer's expense.

Our reference: 01105

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