Cómoda

André Charles Boulle French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 542

En 1708, André-Charles Boulle, el ebanista más famoso del reinado de Luis XIV, hizo dos bureaux, o cómodas, para el dormitorio del rey en el Gran Trianón de Versalles. Los bureaux del Trianón, una innovación en la historia del mueble, combinaban una mesa con la recientemente inventada cómoda de dos cajones. La forma estaba influida por los sarcófagos romanos y por los diseños del dibujante de la corte Jean Bérain. Su estructura requirió cuatro patas adicionales, a modo de soportes, en forma de espirales puntiagudas. La cómoda fue una de las piezas repetidas con mayor frecuencia en el mobiliario francés del siglo XVIII. Al parecer, este ejemplar es una de las primeras versiones realizadas en el taller de Boulle.

Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French

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Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French
Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French
Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French
Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French
Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French
Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French
Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French
Commode, André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642–1732 Paris), Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French

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