# Set of Two Louis XIV Style Boulle Marquetry Pedestals

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BÉFORT, Mathieu](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bfort-mathieu-r8ed72fe7ddd35f>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Black wood, tortoiseshell and brass on a copper background, 128 x 52 x 38 cm

## Commentary

These black wood pedestals, present a sumptuous decor in Boulle marquetry, composed in counterpart with tortoiseshell and brass on a copper background, except the apron \(or lambrequin\) which is marqueted in first part with brass on a blue corn background. They were inspired from a model by André Charles Boulle \(1642- 1732\) which is now kept at the Château de Versailles.

## Related artworks

- [Bureau Plat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bfort-mathieu-r8ed72fe7ddd35f/bureau-plat-r635b172cbf1caf>)
- [Cabinet](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bfort-mathieu-r8ed72fe7ddd35f/cabinet-rf88e4f683abe2b>)

## Attribution

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