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Comò

ca. 1710–20
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Comò
  • Artista: André-Charles Boulle, Francese, 1642-1732
  • Data: ca. 1710-20
  • Materiale e tecnica: Impiallacciatura di ebano su noce e intarsi di ottone inciso e tartaruga, guarniture in bronzo dorato, piano di marmo verde antico
  • Dimensioni: 87,6 x 128,3 x 62,9 cm
  • Crediti: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
  • Numero d'inventario: 1982.60.82
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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Clock with pedestal, André Charles Boulle French, Case and pedestal of oak with marquetry of tortoiseshell, engraved brass, and pewter; gilt bronze; dial of gilt brass with white enameled Arabic numerals; movement of brass and steel, French, Paris
Clock with pedestal
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1690
Guitar, Jean-Baptiste Voboam French, Spruce, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, ivory, ebony, French
Guitar
attributed to Jean-Baptiste Voboam
1697
Small desk with folding top (bureau brisé), Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt Dutch, Oak, pine, walnut veneered with ebony, rosewood, and marquetry of tortoiseshell and engraved brass; gilt bronze and steel, French, Paris
Small desk with folding top (bureau brisé)
Marquetry by Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt
Designer Designed and possibly engraved by Jean Berain
ca. 1685
Portrait of a Man, Possibly a Botanist, David Bailly Dutch, Oil on wood
Portrait of a Man, Possibly a Botanist
Attributed to David Bailly
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Cabinet, André Charles Boulle French, Oak veneered with Macassar and Gabon ebony, ebonized fruitwood, burl wood, and marquetry of tortoiseshell and brass; gilt bronze, French, Paris
Cabinet
Attributed to André Charles Boulle
ca. 1700

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