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Furniture
18th century
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Furniture du 18th century
Boulle Library with pagoda roof, Paris circa 1700
DIMENSIONS : l. 74.8 .inH. 96.06 .inP. 19.49 .in
MATERIAUX : Ebony, brass
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?Rare and important bookcase in marquetry Boulle of ebony veneer inlaid with brass nets.
The model opens with two doors separated by a frame on the front. The uprights with wide cut sides are fluted with copper and roughed with bronze asparagus; like the frame, they are treated as pilasters ending in gilded bronze capitals. The double-shaped cornice imitates the pagoda roofs of China. The whole rests on a rectangular plinth with Greek-style projections which is embellished with angles with gadrooned friezes, framing flowerbeds and a gilded bronze goddess mask.
The doors and sides are decorated with brass nets. The edges of the glazed panels and cornice are highlighted with wide copper fluting. Original wrought iron cremone lock
concealed in the frame.
The four hallmarked hinges of the crowned "C" probably during a restoration between March 1745 and February 1749, between which dates the copper tax was in force.
Fir core, oak bottom.
Very good state of preservation.
Parisian work from the end of the Louis XIV period around 1700-1715.
Attributable to the cabinetmaker Alexandre Jean Oppenordt (1639-1715)
