Antique Serpentine Louis XIV Style Boulle Work Credenza

Stunning 19thC Antique Serpentine Credenza in the style perfected by the master French cabinetmaker André Charles Boulle (1642 – 1732). Boulle Work is a type of rich marquetry that involves veneering furniture and inlaying with tortoiseshell, pewter and arabesques of brass.
 
This piece has a beautiful worn patina, but is by no means perfect. The ebonised wood has a few cracks here and there,