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Warwick Cabinet

Marquetry panel French, c.1680 attributed to Boulle Cabinet, English, c.1770 attributed to Ince & Mayhew This masterpiece of floral marquetry is almost certainly from the workshop of Andre-Charles Boulle (1642-1732). The panel probably brought to England bythe 1st Earl of Warwick (died 1773), who presumaby commissioned the cabinet to display the marquetry, Andre-Charles Boulle (1642-1732) is perhaps the greatest cabinet maker of all time. Boulle was born in Paris, the son of a Dutch cabinet maker. Boulle followed in his fathers footsteps, and became so accomplished, that he soon came to the attention of the chief finance minister, Colbert, who recommended him to King Louis XIV as the most skilful cabinet maker in Paris. Boulle was given royal protection and a workshop at the Louvre, which gave him exemption from the strict guild system, which then regulated furniture production in France. This panel is a masterpiece of his early floral marquetry. Recent investigation by the Wallace Collection, London, indicates that the central panel and frieze originally formed part of a table. Purchased with the assistance of the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and the Friends of the Bowes Museum.

Artist / Makers: Mayhew and Ince, Andre-Charles Boulle (1642-1732)

Place: France

Object Type: cabinet

Period: Louis XIV

Actual Date: c.1690

Century: 17th century

Materials: Wood, Oak, Ebony

Museum Accession Number: 1979.63/FW