A Boulle type Desk
no 545
Description
A Boulle type Desk of furniture with a top similar to an oval shape, with a wavy outline, supported on four cabriole legs. The top and frame are inlaid with engraved brass sheet in the form of tendrils of plants, flowers and leaves on a tortoiseshell background. The box has a drawer with a steel, snap-on lock and key. The top is framed with a brass strip, as are the sides of the furniture, including the drawer. An extension with two small drawers on the sides, decorated on top with a subtle brass vein and an openwork gallery. Openwork bronze applications on the legs at the top. Embossed leather on the furniture top.
Poplar and mahogany construction, tortoiseshell and brass sheet marquetry, bronze fittings, late 19th century.
Furniture after renovation.
A piece of furniture decorated with a decorative technique popularized and perfected by the royal furniture designer Charles Andre Boulle (1642-1732), which involves decorating the furniture by gluing patterns carved in wood, tortoiseshell, brass or bone onto the wooden base of the frame body. It is a very decorative technique, expensive due to the materials used, and therefore luxurious.
Size
87 x 101 x 49 cm
Price
8900 zł