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Petit Louis XV cartel violonné shape, wood and noirici * Boulle marquetry, gilded bronze ornaments decorated with stylized foliage and shells, movement signed Japy Brothers 1855 Napoleon III nineteenth century.
This cartel is in good condition. The movement is signed "Japy Freres & Co. 1855 exhibition Great Medal of Honor." It works (perhaps revising), we have his key and pendulum.
A note: some accidents and cracks on wood, some gaps and cracks in marquetry, wear time, lthough look at the photos.
born in the seventeenth century, under Louis XIV and is named after André Charles Boulle, master cabinetmaker to the King's court (to know more about André Charles Boulle) (1642-1732). Marquetry is to place inside precious wood noble materials. Became prime cabinetmaker of King Louis XIV, the renowned Boulle associated with the pomp of Versailles gave birth to a quantity of furniture and objects Boulle marquetry, exceptional inventité. Boulle furniture brought to its major innovation: bronze ornaments to protect the most sensitive parts of its parts.
