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Cabinet
Creator
Philippe-Claude MontignyFrench Ébéniste · 1734–1800
All works by this person →Described in a 1777 Parisian newspaper as "one of the most highly recommended [cabinetmakers] for furniture of tortoiseshell, silver, ebony, or brass of the type made by the celebrated Boulle," Philippe-Claude Montigny specialized in copying and restoring the furniture of the famous seventeenth-century craftsman André-Charles Boulle. The son of an *ébéniste,* Montigny was accepted by the guild as
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- about 1785–1790; some mounts and marquetry late 17th century
- Medium
- Oak and walnut veneered with ebony, amaranth, brass, pewter, and tortoise shell; gilt-bronze mounts; bianco e nero antico marble top
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Decorative Arts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
The technique of veneering furniture with tortoiseshell, brass, and pewter, known as boulle work, first became popular in the late 1600s and early 1700s. The method became fashionable again during the 1780s, when craftsmen such as Philippe-Claude Montigny produced this cabinet. Montigny specialized in the restoration and production of furniture decorated with tortoiseshell and brass marquetry panels, which he either made himself or took from early pieces. To veneer the central panel on the front of this piece, he took marquetry from the door of a cabinet of the late 1600s. The inner surfaces of old doors served to decorate the sides of this cabinet.
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