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Gorgeous work Martin! For a first marquetry project even more special. 👍👍👌👌👌
I’m struck by the difference between this and it’s contemporary marquetry in France. This was the era of Andre Charles Boulle and extreme detail and complexity were the order of the day in the court of Louis XIV.
By Chippendale’s time a hundred years later french marqueteurs (ébénistes) were regularly employed in England and the styles changed dramatically.
Again, history lesson aside, this is just an amazing piece and more than impressive as a first attempt! ……. and I think I know wherefor I speak….. 😉
I’m struck by the difference between this and it’s contemporary marquetry in France. This was the era of Andre Charles Boulle and extreme detail and complexity were the order of the day in the court of Louis XIV.
By Chippendale’s time a hundred years later french marqueteurs (ébénistes) were regularly employed in England and the styles changed dramatically.
Again, history lesson aside, this is just an amazing piece and more than impressive as a first attempt! ……. and I think I know wherefor I speak….. 😉
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