57+ Bureau Louis Xiv

Louis xiv s bureau returns to the château de versailles. Baroque furniture is associated with louis xiv.

Bureau Ancien On Proantic Louis 14th Regency

This desk and its pair were supplied in 1685 for use by louis xiv in his study or petit cabinet in the north wing of the château de versailles.

Bureau louis xiv. A la fin du règne de louis xiv il est remplacé par le bureau plat appelé aussi table à écrire. Ce bureau louis 14 de petite taille est réalisé en bois marqueté ou en marqueterie boulle. The form is called a bureau brisé literally a broken desk because the hinged front half of the flat top can be folded back or broken to reveal a narrow writing surface.

George blagden portrays louis xiv in the canal series versailles which aired for three seasons from 2015. Inlaid overall en première partie with engraved flowers interlaced strapwork and foliate scrolls. By louis xiv s reign a kneehole type was in use with a tier of drawers on each side and a single drawer in the centre above a space for the knees.

The predecessor of the bureau ministre whose drawers descend to the floor this new desk is distinguished by a singular underframe. A small louis xiv ormolu mounted boulle marquetry bureau mazarin attributed to alexandre jean oppenordt a rare and small louis xiv ormolu mounted mother of pearl red tortoiseshell inlaid brass and pewter boulle marquetry bureau mazarin. Every aspect of furniture production was affected.

Pour plus de confort celui ci possède seulement 3 tiroirs en ceinture et 4 pieds galbés en forme de pieds de biche. He extended france s eastern borders at the expense of the habsburgs and secured the spanish throne for his grandson. The rising cost of louis xiv s unsuccessful military campaigns which forced the king to order the destruction of his silver furniture in 1689 caused a drastic retrenchment in his expenditures for the arts.

This magnificent piece of cabinetmaking deemed old fashioned and sold in 1751 is returning to the château de versailles thanks to the patronage of axa and the société des amis de versailles. After an absence of 264 years the desk of king louis xiv is coming home to versailles. Restrictions were imposed on the gilding of wall paneling and furniture and the.

He was born in 1638. Louis xiv le roy soleil ruled france for 72 years until he died in 1715. First appearing circa 1670 the bureau mazarin was the first design in the louis xiv style.

Louis xiv style furniture. Louis xiv is a french furniture style of rounded forms and curved lines. It was the longest reign of any french or other major european monarch.

Louis xiv king of france 1643 1715 who ruled his country during one of its most brilliant periods and who remains the symbol of absolute monarchy of the classical age. Featuring a wooden panel overlying a row of drawers this desk comprises a recessed niche flanked by cabinets on each side. Office first appeared in france at the beginning of the 17th century as just a flat table with drawers below the top the bureau plat.

The 15 year old louis xiv as played by the irish actor robert sheehan is a major character of the short lived historical fantasy series young blades from january to june 2005.

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