Boulle – A new Style for Europe
Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, 30.10. 2 0 0 9 – 31.1. 2 0 1 0
Text: György Szegő
The first retrospective ever to be held about the most celebrated cabinetmaker of all time. Within a contextual presentation bringing together his works with highly important paintings, tapestries, bronzes and mounted porcelain, a captivating portrayal of the birth and flowering of a completely new aesthetical universe, which was to become the European model for centuries to come.