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boulle
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boulle
/ buːl /
adjective
- 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
noun
- Also calledboullework something ornamented with such marquetry
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Word History and Origins
Origin of boulle1
C18: named after André Charles Boulle (1642–1732), French cabinet-maker
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Example Sentences
Boulle was given an apartment in the Louvre and for his great master the celebrated bniste composed his choicest work.
From Project Gutenberg
There are many really magnificent pieces of Boulle, and several marbles brought back from Italy.
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Boulle himself worked intarsia of wood also at intervals all through his life.
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All greatness is the product of its opportunities, and the elder Boulle was made by the happy circumstances of his time.
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Boulle adopted from time to time various plans for the improvement of his designs.
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