Modern cabinetwork, furniture & fitments; an account of the theory & practice in the production of all kinds of cabinetwork & furniture, with chapters on the growth and progress of design and construction; (1910)
Wells, Percy A, Hooper, John · London, B.T. Batsford; New York, Jone Lane company · leaf 292
by Andre Boulle, a noted Frenchman whobecame famous as a cabinetmaker in the reign of Louis XV. (see chapter onStyles), and buhl, as it is spelt in England, was named after him. It is reallythe inlaying of metal into tortoiseshell firstly, and when this became scarce, intowood or composition which… … Using a Marquetry Cutters Donkey. 222 MODERN CABINETWORK, FURNITURE, AND FITMENTS. The work was continued by an artist named Berain, and the later work was soarranged to save material that the ground furnished another design, a deviceknown as boule and counter boule. This inlaying in metal has…
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