# Large wardrobe

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9/large-wardrobe-r63a8dba84c94d8>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [BOULLE, André-Charles](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Ebony inlaid with brass and pewter on tortoiseshell, 260 x 148 x 64 cm

## Commentary

In the period of Louis XIV, large wardrobes, replacing the cabinets of the previous era, were a tour-de-force of bas-relief and ornamental motifs, in which marquetry dragons and dolphins might play against a background of tortoiseshell and ebony. The lavish taste of the day was perhaps best expressed in these masterpieces of virtuosity.

## Related artworks

- [Bureau Plat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9/bureau-plat-r3d84c3f9b68275>)
- [Cabinet](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9/cabinet-r2893153214c707>)
- [Clock face](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9/clock-face-ra2a5f260b833c0>)
- [Commode](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9/commode-r4272ce7245ea23>)
- [Decorative panel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9/decorative-panel-re6e984e9504ad7>)
- [Pedestal clock](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9/pedestal-clock-rfaa1d68d13afdc>)
- [Wardrobe and clock](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-andr-charles-rc94b90983c88f9/wardrobe-and-clock-r95afed3bd30428>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)