Mid-19th C French Boulle Style Fall-Front Glove Box with Tortoiseshell & Blue and White Inlay
Mid-19th C French Boulle Style Fall-Front Glove Box with Tortoiseshell & Blue and White Inlay
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Black and Blue Inaly Glove Box with Key
Mid-19th C French Boulle style glove or jewelry box
Hinged fall-front panel and fitted silk interior
Boulle - inlay technique developed by Andre-Charles Boulle in the 17th c and revived in the Napoleon III period (1850s-70s)
Dark base is ebonized/blackened wood
Inlay is a combo of brass, red-brown tortoisesheel veneer, dyed horn or stained mother of pearl (Blue and white highlights); this example looks like a premiere partie type - brass inlaid into tortoisheel veneer (more prized configuration)
Gadrooned border modling (beaded edge) and gilt brass escutcheon
Original lining with original key
Black and Blue Inaly Glove Box with Key
Mid-19th C French Boulle style glove or jewelry box
Hinged fall-front panel and fitted silk interior
Boulle - inlay technique developed by Andre-Charles Boulle in the 17th c and revived in the Napoleon III period (1850s-70s)
Dark base is ebonized/blackened wood
Inlay is a combo of brass, red-brown tortoisesheel veneer, dyed horn or stained mother of pearl (Blue and white highlights); this example looks like a premiere partie type - brass inlaid into tortoisheel veneer (more prized configuration)
Gadrooned border modling (beaded edge) and gilt brass escutcheon
Original lining with original key