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Pair of Pedestals

André Charles Boulle French

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Boulle supplied these two pedestals (with seven others) in 1684 to Louis XIV’s son, known as the Grand Dauphin, for his Cabinet des Glaces (Mirror Cabinet) at Versailles, the mirror-lined room where he kept part of his art collection. With special permission, visitors could enter the sumptuous space, but they were asked to wear slippers to protect the precious marquetry floor also created by Boulle.

Pair of Pedestals, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Pine with ebony veneer and marquetry of brass and pewter inlaid in a tortoiseshell ground; blue stained horn; gilt-bronze mounts

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© The Al Thani Collection, 2017. All rights reserved. Photograph taken by Benoit Guillaume