boulle
- Also called boulle·work [bool-wurk]. /ˈbulˌwɜrk/.
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How to use boulle in a sentence
boulle was given an apartment in the Louvre and for his great master the celebrated bniste composed his choicest work.
The Old Furniture Book | N. Hudson MooreThere are many really magnificent pieces of boulle, and several marbles brought back from Italy.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835 | Dorothy Duchesse de Dinoboulle himself worked intarsia of wood also at intervals all through his life.
Intarsia and Marquetry | F. Hamilton JacksonAll greatness is the product of its opportunities, and the elder boulle was made by the happy circumstances of his time.
boulle adopted from time to time various plans for the improvement of his designs.
British Dictionary definitions for boulle
boule or buhl
/ (buːl) /
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
Also called: boullework something ornamented with such marquetry
Origin of boulle
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