An historical guide to French interiors, furniture, decoration, woodwork, & allied arts during the last half of the seventeenth century, the whole of the eighteenth century, and the earlier part of the nineteenth . ourse, in boule work, much dependson the brass or gilt bronze mounts,which were cast in the first case andthen chased. There are instances ofthis class of metal inlay before thetime of Boule, but not the combinationof metal and tortoiseshell. Sometimessilver mounts were used. This classof work exerted an immense influencein Louis time—Boule beingDirector of the Works at Versai
An historical guide to French interiors, furniture, decoration, woodwork, & allied arts during the last half of the seventeenth century, the whole of the eighteenth century, and the earlier part of the nineteenth . ourse, in boule work, much dependson the brass or gilt bronze mounts,which were cast in the first case andthen chased. There are instances ofthis class of metal inlay before thetime of Boule, but not the combinationof metal and tortoiseshell. Sometimessilver mounts were used. This classof work exerted an immense influencein Louis time—Boule beingDirector of the Works at a description of a fire whichoccurred on his premises we get someinsight into the scale on which hecarried on his business, which musthave been very large, as he employedjoiners, cabinet-makers, carvers,bronzers, chisellers, mounters, polish-ers, marqueterie cutters, and a hostof others. Boule also kept an immense stockof finished and unfinished work, besidesthe collection he had gathered togetheras a connoisseur—drawings by Raphael,models in wax, medals, prints, andall sorts of_works of art—which he and (Continued on page 150.) 145 Louis XIW GALERIE DAPOLLON (LOUVRE). Last Half 17th Century. 146 Louis XIV. ANDRE CHARLES BOULE. Second Half 17th Century.
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