This is a stunning Louis XVI 'Style Boulle' pier cabinet. This ornate cabinet is ebonised and decorated with ormolu mounts. It has a green "verde antico" marble top, and two cupboard doors which open to present a large storage space with central shelf. The cabinet is breathtakingly inlaid with deep red faux tortoiseshell and brass. Along the frieze are classical style ormolu drapes and the corners are finished with classical style ormolu mounts. The whole piece is wonderfully ornate. There is no mistaking its unique quality and design, which is certain to make it a talking point in your home. As such, this cabinet is sure to take pride of place in your dining room or reception. Condition: In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation of condition. Dimensions in cm: Height 125 x Width 102 x Depth 45 Dimensions in inches: Height 4 feet, 1 inch x Width 3 feet, 4 inches x Depth 1 foot, 6 inches André-Charles Boulle (1642 – 1732), was the French cabinetmaker who is generally considered to be the preeminent artist in the field of marquetry. His fame in marquetry led to his name being given to a fashion of inlaying known as Boulle (or in 19th-century Britain, Buhl work). Boulle appears to have been originally a painter, since the first payment to him by the crown of which there is any record (1669) specifies ouvrages de peinture. He was employed for many years at Versailles, where the mirrored walls, the floors of wood mosaic, the inlaid paneling and the marquetery furniture in the Cabinet du Dauphin were regarded as his most remarkable work. These rooms were long since dismantled and their contents dispersed, but Boulle's drawings for the work are in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. His royal commissions were numerous, as we learn both from the Comptes des B timents du Roi and from the correspondence of Louvois. Not only the most magnificent of French monarchs, but foreign princes and the great nobles and financiers of his own country crowded to him with commissions, and the mot of the abbé de Marolles, Boulle y lourne en ovale, has become a stock quotation in the literature of French cabinetmaking.