Royal collections : Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace (1900)
[England? : s.n.] · leaf 56
loss of stocK-in-tradeand collections at 370,770 livres, and no oneseems to have accused Boulle of exaggeration. Yeta considerable amount was saved. From the year1684 till the end of his long life Boulle was con-tinually being pursued by his creditors. Mariette, who was well informed as to Boulles… … SECRETAIRE IN BRASS AND RED SHELLWORK. place without his borrowing, often at great interest,the means of buying. It was a mania of whichit was impossible to cure him. Boulle died February 29th, 1732. If his fortunedeclined, it is pleasant to remember thai his lamecontinued to nourish during his…
