Major Boulle exhibition is a gilt-y pleasure
- November 12, 2009 12:24
The most famous of all cabinet-makers, arguably, was André Charles Boulle (1642-1732). Certainly he proved the most influential, his name becoming the generic for a distinctive style of elaborately inlaid furniture which continued to be made throughout 18th and 19th-century Europe. “André Charles Boulle: A New Style for Europe”, at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK) in Frankfurt, exposes his genius. A massive, scholarly catalogue is available.
