Boulle style clock; France, Napoleon III period, second half of the 19thcentury. Bronze and ebonized
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Boulle style clock; France, Napoleon III period, second half of the 19th century.
Bronze and ebonised wood.
Movement Paris Japy Frères et Cie.
Retains its original key.
There are clocks by this author in the BBVA collection.
Purchased in the shop Ls Roussy in the Arcades du Capitole Toulouse.
Measurements: 46 x 25 x 13.5 cm (total measurements).
This clock follows the models created by André Charles Boulle (1642-1732) during the reign of Louis XIV. It is decorated with the marquetry typical of this artist, in ebony and metal, and important motifs in relief and rounded bulge, including figurative elements, which in the case of Boulle's furniture were carved pieces in wood, here already applied bronzes more typical of the style of the period. The decoration is completely Baroque, in the style of the French decorative arts of the last period of Louis XIV's reign. This is because this period was key in the development of the decorative arts in the period of Louis XVI, as designers and artists looked to the Regency style, the transition from Baroque (classical) to Rococo (anti-classical), in search of formulas for the transition from the Rococo style to the new Neoclassical. These creations showed the great importance of classicist figuration, with allegorical figures adorning the front and the finial, as well as fantastic figuration derived from baroque chinoiserie, an architectural structure also baroque, chromatic contrast typical of Boulle and a profusion of motifs such as turnstones, leaves, masks and classical vases that seem to have been taken directly from the ornamental background of the French classicist baroque. Even the basic material, ebony wood, can be related to that period, as it was the most popular wood in Baroque furniture. However, the profusion of gilding speaks of a different period, somewhere between the neoclassical and the Empire.
Bronze and ebonised wood.
Movement Paris Japy Frères et Cie.
Retains its original key.
There are clocks by this author in the BBVA collection.
Purchased in the shop Ls Roussy in the Arcades du Capitole Toulouse.
Measurements: 46 x 25 x 13.5 cm (total measurements).
This clock follows the models created by André Charles Boulle (1642-1732) during the reign of Louis XIV. It is decorated with the marquetry typical of this artist, in ebony and metal, and important motifs in relief and rounded bulge, including figurative elements, which in the case of Boulle's furniture were carved pieces in wood, here already applied bronzes more typical of the style of the period. The decoration is completely Baroque, in the style of the French decorative arts of the last period of Louis XIV's reign. This is because this period was key in the development of the decorative arts in the period of Louis XVI, as designers and artists looked to the Regency style, the transition from Baroque (classical) to Rococo (anti-classical), in search of formulas for the transition from the Rococo style to the new Neoclassical. These creations showed the great importance of classicist figuration, with allegorical figures adorning the front and the finial, as well as fantastic figuration derived from baroque chinoiserie, an architectural structure also baroque, chromatic contrast typical of Boulle and a profusion of motifs such as turnstones, leaves, masks and classical vases that seem to have been taken directly from the ornamental background of the French classicist baroque. Even the basic material, ebony wood, can be related to that period, as it was the most popular wood in Baroque furniture. However, the profusion of gilding speaks of a different period, somewhere between the neoclassical and the Empire.
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Boulle style clock; France, Napoleon III period, second half of the 19thcentury. Bronze and ebonized
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