The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 421
thesesons, and Phillippe Poitou, who typical boulle detail. succeeded him as the kings marqueterie-cutter in 1683, most of theadditional polychromy of horn-coloured vermilion—or blue, as in theColour Plate No. XLI. Boulle appears to have preferred pieces which desiderated largepanels or spaces for… … BOULLE FURNITURE PRICES The appreciation of decorative furniture is evidenced by com-paring the price realised at a sale in 1755 of the Due de TallardsCollection, when armoires similar, as far as one may judge from thedescription of the two purchased for £12,000 at the Hamilton salein 1882, were…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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