Louis XV Boulle Mantle Clock
A Boulle type mantle clock in the Louis XV manner, 19th century, the waisted bracket clock brass inlaid in the Berainesque manner upon a scarlet ground, the dial with Roman numerals and Arabic minute markings and embellished with cast trims, height 18.90 in., length 7.87 in., width 4.53 in.
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- Boulle - Boulle work is the name given to tortoiseshell and metal inlay using brass and sometimes silver, found on furniture and smaller wooden objects. It originated in Italy but was developed by Frenchman Andre Charles Boulle (1642 - 1732) under Louis XIV.
Boulle was appointed Royal Cainet Maker to Louis XIV and designed furniture and clockcases for the monarch.
In preparation, the tortoiseshell and metal were cut together following a design, using a fine fret saw.
In the application of the Boulle, the carcase of piece of furniture was covered with the tortoiseshell which in turn was inlaid with the matched designs in metal, which in turn was elaborately engraved.
The use of Boulle work furniture continued mainly in France until the 19th century.
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- clocks, mantle & shelf, period or origin
- clocks, material or decoration - Boulle 97
