This is an exquisite ebonised Boulle writing table with ormolu mounts. There is no mistaking its unique quality and design and it will soon become the centrepiece of your furniture collection. This gorgeous writing table will instantly enhance your reception, office or home library. It is sure to receive the maximum amount of attention wherever it is placed.

"Andre Boulle was a French cabinetmaker, who is generall considered to be the pre-eminent artist in the field of marquetre. His fame in marquetry led to his name being given to a fashion of inlaying known as Boulle work or Buhl work." His work was so exquisite that he was asked to make Boulle furniture for the French court which were made from brass and tortoiseshell.

This stunning ebonised Boulle style writing table has beautiful elaborate ormolu mounts. Ormolu is an imitation of gold used to ornament furniture and mouldings. The desk is elaborately decorated with gilded brass and red coral/tortoiseshell detailing.

The top of the desk is inlayed with a red leather hide. This is to protect the desk from being damage through extensive use.

On the front side of the table are three drawers which provide ample storage space.

Measurements

The Boulle writing desk is 124 cm wide, 69 cm deep & 81 cm high.

Condition

This exquisite ebonised Boulle style writing table is in extremely good condition and has been well cared for. Please see photographs to confirm condition.

Do not miss out on this amazing opportunity to own this exquisite ebonised Boulle style writing table for a fraction of the retail value.

Local Collection in North London. Alternatively, shipping arrangements can be made at buyer's expense.

Cheque or banker transfer please.

Andre Charles Boulle (1642-1732), was a French cabinetmaker, who is generally considered to be the pre-eminent artisit in the field of marquetry. His fame in marquetry led to his name being given to a fashion of inlaying known as Boulle work or Buhl work.

Andre Boulle was the son of Jean Boulle, a member of a family of ebenistes who had already achieved distinction. Pierre Boulle, who died c. 1636, was for many years tourneur et menuisier du roy des cabinets. André became the most famous of his family. He was the second most prominent cabinetmaker; the first was Jean Mace who has acquired individual renown. Boulle's skill and reputation must have begun at a comparatively early age; by age 30, he had already been granted one of those lodgings in the galleries of the Louvre which had been set apart by Henry IV for the use of the most talented of the artists employed by the crown. To be admitted to these galleries was not only to receive a signal mark of royal favor, but to enjoy the important privilege of freedom from the trammels of the trade guilds. Boulle was given the deceased Jean Mace's own lodging in 1672 by Louis XIV upon the recommendation of Colbert, who described him as le plus ha bile ébéniste de Paris, but in the patent conferring this privilege, he is described also as chaser, gilder and maker of marqueterie.