André Charles Boulle
French cabinetmaker (1642-1732) · France · On the map · Artists · Died at 89
André-Charles Boulle, le joailler du meuble, became the most famous French cabinetmaker and the preeminent artist in the field of marquetry, also known as "inlay". Boulle was "the most remarkable of all French cabinetmakers".
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Commode by André-Charles Boulle, son of Jean Boulle: (c. 1710-20). Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble
Commode by André-Charles Boulle - Detail
Jean-Baptiste Lully c. 1670
Commode by André-Charles Boulle, son of Jean Boulle - Detail
J. Paul Getty Museum: Wall Clock; Attributed to André-Charles Boulle (French, 1642-1732, master before 1666); Paris, France; about 1710; Gilt bronze; blue-painted horn; enameled metal.
Clock with pedestal by André-Charles Boulle - Detail
Cabinet - Oak veneered with Macassar and Gabon ebony, ebonized fruitwood, burl wood, and marquetry of tortoiseshell and brass; gilt bronze
Boulle work on Boulle Clock - DetailAbout this person
Jean-Baptiste Colbert recommended him to Louis XIV, the "Sun King", as "the most skilled craftsman in his profession". Over the centuries since his death, his name and that of his family has become associated with the art he perfected, the inlay of tortoiseshell, brass and pewter into ebony. It has become known as Boulle work, and the École Boulle, a college of fine arts and crafts and applied arts in Paris, continues today to bear testimony to his enduring art, the art of inlay.
