Cabinet (Cabinet des Médailles)

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Cabinet (Cabinet des Médailles)

Creator

André-Charles Boulle

French Artist · 1642–1732

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Maker

Christened by his contemporaries as "the most skillful artisan in Paris," André-Charles Boulle's name is synonymous with the practice of veneering furniture with marquetry of tortoiseshell, pewter, and brass. Although he did not invent the technique, Boulle was its greatest practitioner and lent his name to its common name: boulle work. Boulle also specialized in floral marquetry in both stained a

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Object Description · Getty Museum

This cabinet originally contained twenty-four shallow drawers intended to hold coins or medals. One of a pair, its companion in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia, still retains its original interior fittings. At some point, the cabinet's entire interior was removed and converted into a cigar humidor. An inventory taken in 1767 on the death of the son of Robert de Cotte, *Premier Architecte* to Louis XIV, king of France, describes two medal cabinets made by André-Charles Boulle, probably referring to this pair. Apart from the masks in the center of the doors and the lions' heads on the sides, which are later replacements, all the mounts are unique to the pair. The gilt-bronze caduceus with entwined snakes, normally the symbol for medicine, is here associated with Mercury, the god of commerce--an appropriate reference for the storage-place of coins.

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https://data.getty.edu/museum/collection/person/609695df-fd8e-4807-83c0-5d50d48696b9
Artist/Maker
André-Charles Boulle
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103SJ8
Date
about 1710–1715
Medium
Oak and fir veneered with ebony, amaranth, kingwood, brass, and tortoise shell, gilt-bronze mounts; sarrancolin des Pyrénées marble top
Culture
French
Object Type
Furniture

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A luxurious Boulle-style cabinet with ornate gold detailing and a marble top.

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Object ID
03da429f-7b3b-4aa0-8a2a-9536c8cc9861
Object Type
Furniture
  • Getty Museum field “Object Type” · copied as is
Creator
André-Charles Boulle
  • Getty Museum field “Artist/Maker” · copied as is
Culture
French
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Medium
Oak and fir veneered with ebony, amaranth, kingwood, brass, and tortoise shell, gilt-bronze mounts; sarrancolin des Pyrénées marble top
  • Getty Museum field “Medium” · copied as is
Department
Decorative Arts
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Credit Line
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Date
about 1710–1715
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Begin Year
1710
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End Year
1715
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