Boulle Table

Object/Artifact

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Boulle Table

Entry/Object ID

96.3.6

Tags

Needs new photography

Description

Boulle Library Table. Boulle Table, Red Lacquer and Gilded Brass Marquetry, French, Rococo Revival C.1840 Inlaid on Legs, Sides, Ends and Top with Brass and Red Tortoise in Floral and Arabesque Design. Top Outlined with Ormolu Gadrooning and Rounded Corners with Mask Decoration. Each Side Has Panel of Brass and Tortoise Outlined with Floral Ormolu Framing Band. Central Ormolu Medallion of Front and Back of Putti with a Dog Holding a Key. Each End Has Brass and Tortoise Panel with Central Medallion of Grotesque Mask. Each Cabriole Leg Has Large Female Head Ormolu Mount At Top, Brass Band At Front Edge and Elaborate Sabot. Front Contains Two Drawers Operated By a Hidden Button and Spring Mechanism Concealed Below the Drawer Front. Inside Edge of Legs and Body Have Ebony Veneer. Credit: Cm From Ken Jones - in Turn of the Century Newspaper Article As Being From Palace of Louis Phillip, Purchased by WA in Paris in 1858. Materials: ebony, brass, tortoise shell, undetermined secondary wood. Note: Drawer opens with spring-catch located underneath left side of drawers. Push this as you push in the drawer.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

96.3.

Source or Donor

The Charleston Museum

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Date made

1830 - 1850

Time Period

Rococo Revival?

Place

Location

French

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Table

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Support Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Other Name

Boulle Table

Dimensions

Height

29-1/2 in

Width

49-5/8 in

Depth

30-1/4 in

Location

Location

Building

AR ART GALLERY

Moved By

Red

Date

April 23, 1998

Notes

Until: / /

Location

Building

AR 109

Category

Permanent

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Notes

Needs Major Conservation. Large Scale Loss and Lifting of Brass Inlays. Substanial lifting of base metal elements and large sections missing. Some loss of enamel on legs, corrosion on base metal. Several screws missing. Right drawer unbalanced. Putti plaque on front is detached. Plastic top is holding down metal elements but trapping moisture.

Provenance

Notes

In the style of Andre-Charles Boulle, 1642-1732, French cabinetmaker under the patronage of Louis XIV. He designed and executed the mirrored walls, "wood mosaic" floors, inlaid paneling, and pieces of marquetry of the Palace of Versailles. He advanced the art of marquetry and introduced the practice of inlaying brass into wood or tortoiseshell.

Exhibitions

Exhibition

2

Notes

Exhibit Start: 2004-06-07

General Notes

Note

Notes: Not Sure of Date, Probably Rococo Revival. Status: OK Location Details1: 1

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

April 23, 1998

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

March 30, 2023