Comò

André Charles Boulle French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 542

Nel 1708 Boulle, il più famoso ebanista del regno di Luigi XIV, fece due bureaux, o comò, per la camera da letto del re nel palazzo Grand Trianon di Versailles. Questi bureaux, una nuova creazione nella storia del mobile, erano una combinazione di tavolo e della commode, caratterizzata da due cassetti, con una forma che si ispirava ai sarcofagi e motivi eseguiti dal disegnatore di corte Jean Bérain. La struttura richiedeva quattro ulteriori sostegni creati a forma di spirale affusolata. La commode divenne uno dei mobili più ripetuti nell’arredamento settecentesco in Francia. L’esempio qui presentato pare fosse una delle prime versioni create nella bottega di Boulle.

Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French

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Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French
Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French
Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French
Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French
Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French
Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French
Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French
Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French

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