BÉFORT, Mathieu
(b. 1813, Paris, d. 1880, Paris)

Set of Two Louis XIV Style Boulle Marquetry Pedestals

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Black wood, tortoiseshell and brass on a copper background, 128 x 52 x 38 cm
Private collection

These black wood pedestals, present a sumptuous decor in Boulle marquetry, composed in counterpart with tortoiseshell and brass on a copper background, except the apron (or lambrequin) which is marqueted in first part with brass on a blue corn background. They were inspired from a model by André Charles Boulle (1642- 1732) which is now kept at the Château de Versailles.




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