Designs for Furniture (Print)

ca. 1715

André-Charles Boulle

Designs for four pieces of furniture including a gueridon (candlestand), a torchère (stand), a desk with filing cabinet topped with a mantel clock case and vases, and half a filing cabinet topped with a vase and ewer finials. The furniture is decorated with gilt bronze mounts and marquetry featuring scrolling leaves, acanthus leaves, s-scrolls, c-scrolls, rosettes, putti, mascarons (masks), fleurons, gadrooning, and diaper pattern. The designs are titled, the plate is numbered, and signed by the publisher.