Item features Unique Boulle Dresser

Unique Boulle Dresser 

A dresser manufactured in the 19th century, in France, modeled on the 17th-century, Baroque Boulle furniture. 

The piece of furniture is one-door, with cornice and apron extended in comparison to the main body.  

The top is made of white Carara marble with rounded corners, which is intended to stand candlesticks on it. 

The dresser is finished in a black French polish. Moreover, almost entire surface of the item is ornamented

  with an elaborate marquetry of tortoiseshell inlaid with brass. 

 The brass, embossed moldings and applicable appliqués of gilded bronze give the whole splendor.

 The inside of this piece of furniture is divided with two shelves. 

This French, 19th-century furniture should not be only associated with a decorative value, but also with ideal proportions and craftsmanship. 

The craftsmanship and the type of ornamentation make this article of furniture unique, and exceptional. 

Presented dresser is after a professional renovation.

To match a Boulle set, we also have a very rare writing desk, card table, and a big dresser

with glazed corner doors (all the furniture is available

in the Exclusives tab).

Boulle’s technique – historical overview

The name of the technique derives from the last name of the French artist-carpenter, André-Charles Boulle, who lived in 1642-1732. In truth, this marqueterie technique had been discovered by an artist who had been creating before Boulle, Pierre Golle,

The technique was that a pattern drawn on paper was redrawn onto tightly adjacent sheets of brass and tortoiseshell, and then the pattern was cut out with a special saw. Obtained in this way were two patterns: first, cut in tortoiseshell, and second in brass. Boulle often manufactured furniture in pairs. One with marquetry of tortoiseshell inlaid with brass (Premier partie), and second, a negative of the former, cut in sheet brass inlaid with tortoiseshell (Contre partie).

On the one hand, fragments of brass were usually shaded with engraved lines to achieve the effect of three-dimensionality. On the other hand, tortoiseshell was often dyed red or blue, by placing paper dyed in the color under the main body of the furniture.

Furniture like this was synonymous for luxury, and only a few among the aristocracy circles of Louis XIV could afford it.

THE AUTHENTICITY (period of origin, type of wood used in manufacturing) has been confirmed 

by an experienced expert in vintage and antique items.

Antique Beauty company issues CERTIFICATE OF EXHIBITOR on presented furniture, which

on presented furniture, which confirms authenticity,

origin, the approximate date and place of the furniture manufacturing.

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