1) Boule 2) Buhl 3) Embellishment 4) River Kwai creator
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1) Boule 2) Buhl
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A marquetry technique, also known as buhl work, using metal, usually brass, and tortoiseshell in reverse patterns, sometimes combined with other materials and often set in an ebony veneer. It was a popular technique in France from the late 17thC through to the 19thC, and in Britain from 1815. The term is associated with the French cabinet-maker and...
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Type of
marquetry in brass and tortoiseshell. Originally Italian, it has acquired the name of its most skilful exponent, the French artisan André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732). ...
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A MARQUETRY technique, also known as buhl work, using metal (usually brass) and tortoiseshell in reverse patterns, sometimes combined with other materials and often set in an ebony veneer. It was a popular technique in France from the late 17thC through to the 19thC, and in Britain from 1815. The term is associated with the French cabinet-maker and …...
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n] - an inlaid furniture decoration
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boule noun an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork
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Boulle work, sometimes called boule or buhl, is brilliantly colored and variously composed of wood, brass, tortoiseshell and ivory. The key to boulle designs is their identical but contrasting counter-change effect.
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buhl. Also called
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