Old clocks and watches & their makers, being an historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past, in England and abroad, to which is added a list of ten thousand makers (1904)
Britten, F. J. (Frederick James), 1843-1913 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 407
ts produced effects sufficientlybeautiful to quite atone for the outre character of the surroundings. Like many other fashions, the Rocaille style degenerated. It lostfavour, and was done to death by the grotesque forms and unmeaning,contemptible decoration which characterises so many works… … Fig. 509. Boulle or Buhl Work.—Charles Andre Boulle, who was bornat Paris in 1642, became celebrated there as a chaser and inlayer.In 1672, Louis XIV. allotted to him rooms at the Louvre, and his French Clocks and Cases in the French Style, etc. 393 effective inlay work of metal, usually brass and…
Clocks and watches · Clock and watch makers
Internet Archive · Wellesley College Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
