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boulle, boule, buhl [buːl] adj (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Antiques) denoting or relating to a type of marquetry of patterned inlays of brass and tortoiseshell, occasionally with other metals such as pewter, much used on French furniture from the 17th century n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Antiques) Also called boullework something ornamented with such marquetry [named after André Charles Boulle (1642-1732), French cabinet-maker] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Elegant buffets made by Boulle, also purchased by the auctioneer, furnished the sides of the room, at the end of which sparkled the brass arabesques inlaid in tortoise-shell of the first tall clock that reappeared in the nineteenth century to claim honor for the masterpieces of the seventeenth. |
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