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- Pedestal
- Manner of André-Charles Boulle (1642–1732) , shape of pedestal
- France
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- Date: About 1700
- Medium: Pinewood, première-partie Boulle marquetry of brass and turtleshell, ebony, gilt bronze and oak
- Object size: 125 x 47.6 x 29.4 cm
- Inv: F53
- Location: Front State Room
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- This pedestal and its pair (F54) are almost certainly not by Boulle but probably date from his lifetime. The marquetry is different in character from that on pieces securely attributed to him, with less luxuriant scrolls and strapwork frames that are uncharacteristic of his work. They are, however, related in shape to a model by Boulle that can be seen at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The gilt-bronze scallop shell motif, with acanthus below, which decorates the fronts of these pedestals, is also found, mounted the other way up, on two octagonal pedestals attributed to Boulle in the J. Paul Getty Museum. It can also be seen on another pedestal in the Wallace Collection (F52). The presence of this mount is, however, insufficient to support an attribution to Boulle.
Pedestals like this derive their form ultimately from the marble or stone pedestals used to support sculptural busts and hardstone vases.
- This pedestal and its pair (F54) are almost certainly not by Boulle but probably date from his lifetime. The marquetry is different in character from that on pieces securely attributed to him, with less luxuriant scrolls and strapwork frames that are uncharacteristic of his work. They are, however, related in shape to a model by Boulle that can be seen at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The gilt-bronze scallop shell motif, with acanthus below, which decorates the fronts of these pedestals, is also found, mounted the other way up, on two octagonal pedestals attributed to Boulle in the J. Paul Getty Museum. It can also be seen on another pedestal in the Wallace Collection (F52). The presence of this mount is, however, insufficient to support an attribution to Boulle.