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 . tion. covered is that of Berain. At the back to the right in this group is a buffet shaped as a large commode in mahogany, with mounts and ornaments of gilt bronze, cast and chased. This buffet is signed J. F. Leleu, and is of the style and period of Louis Seize. The neur-de-lys alternating in the delicately wrought frieze with foliage of classic type would appear to indicate that t
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 . tion. covered is that of Berain. At the back to the right in this group is a buffet shaped as a large commode in mahogany, with mounts and ornaments of gilt bronze, cast and chased. This buffet is signed J. F. Leleu, and is of the style and period of Louis Seize. The neur-de-lys alternating in the delicately wrought frieze with foliage of classic type would appear to indicate that this piece was made for a Prince of the Royal House of France. At the back in the centre of this group is a cabinet of ebony with marqueterie of metal on tortoiseshell of the same style and period. The decorative plaques of gilt bronze, cast and chased, are from the design of Clodion. In the centre of the frieze are set reliefs in pictra dura of Florentine manufacture. To the left in this group is a square commode of walnut wood, with mounts and ornaments of gilt bronze, cast and chased, also of the same style and period. Andre Charles Boule died in 1732. 166 Louis XIV. D. MAROT (INTERIORS Late 17th Louis XIV. D. MAROT (INTERIOR). in? Late 17th Century.
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