19th Century Boulle Brass Inlaid Mantel Clock by Martie & Cie

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19th Century Boulle Brass Inlaid Mantel Clock by Martie & Cie

Name: 19th Century Boulle Brass Inlaid Mantel Clock by Martie & Cie
Brand: S. Marti & Cie
Rating: 5 (101 reviews)

About the Item

This is a beautiful antique French Boulle and cut brass ebonized mantel clock of cartouche shape, circa 1875 in date. The nine cm dial is inscribed with Roman numerals upon enamel reserves and it has an eight day movement striking on a gong, stamped with the name of the maker, Marti & Cie, Paris. The decorative case is designed in Rococo style with cut brass decoration, ormolu mounts and raised on decorative scrolled ormolu feet. It keeps really good time and is delightful to look at. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully restored in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Restoration: Movement dismantled and all parts examined and tested. All detents and pivots re-ground and polished. Bearings supplied and fitted. All steel and brass components cleaned, buffed and burnished. Escapement dismantled, cleaned, synchronized and set. Movement regulated. Case cleaned and polished. Dimensions in cm: Height 30 x width 17 x depth 11 Dimensions in inches: Height 11.8 x width 6.7 x depth 4.3 André-Charles Boulle (1642 – 1732), was the French cabinetmaker who is generally considered to be the preeminent artist in the field of marquetry. His fame in marquetry led to his name being given to a fashion of inlaying known as Boulle (or in 19th century Britain, Buhl work). Boulle appears to have been originally a painter, since the first payment to him by the crown of which there is any record (1669) specifies ouvrages de peinture. He was employed for many years at Versailles, where the mirrored walls, the floors of wood mosaic, the inlaid paneling and the marquetery furniture in the Cabinet du Dauphin were regarded as his most remarkable work. These rooms were long since dismantled and their contents dispersed, but Boulle's drawings for the work are in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. His royal commissions were numerous, as we learn both from the Comptes des B timents du Roi and from the correspondence of Louvois. Not only the most magnificent of French monarchs, but foreign princes and the great nobles and financiers of his own country crowded to him with commissions and the mot of the abbé de Marolles, Boulle y lourne en ovale, has become a stock quotation in the literature of French cabinetmaking.

Creator:
S. Marti & Cie (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 11.82 in (30 cm)Width: 6.7 in (17 cm)Depth: 4.34 in (11 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Brass,Ormolu
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
1870-1879
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1875
Condition:
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: 07955E1stDibs: LU95069228873

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