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Antique French Interiors @ The Getty

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Aside from the wonderful collection of individual pieces at The Getty in Los Angeles – antique commodes, Boulle furniture, French antique desks etc, there are wonderful rooms devoted to a particular style. This is every interior designers dream and are stunning to look at, you can imagine how a room at the Palace of Versaille would have looked under Louis XVI’s rule.

French Antique Regence Interior Room

Antique French Louis XV Interior at The Getty

Louis XIV Commode in Regence Interior at The Getty

Antique Louis XIV Writing Desk Bureau Plat at The Getty

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Jul

Antique French Furniture & Commodes @ The Getty

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Tags: antique desks, bombe commode, canonbury antiques, french antique furniture, french desks, getty museum, los angeles, louis xv furniture, secretaire

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The range of antique French furniture at The Getty museum in Los Angeles is amazing. You can really appreciate the time when furniture and cabinet making was considered to be part of the arts and famous cabinet makers were lauded and patronised by kings and Royalty. The Regence style is particularly prevalent at The Getty and they even have whole rooms in the Regence style so you can imagine you are in a room at the Palace of Versailles.

These works of art are priceless and have such amazing provenance they can be traced back to original ownership by French Kings in pre-Revolutionary France. The pieces are also attributed to certain cabinet makers of the day such as Jean Francois Oeben, Andre Charles Boulle, Phillipp-Claude Montigny, Adam Weisweiler, Joseph Baumhauer, Gilles Joubert who would have stamped their creations.

Antique Baroque French Commode at The Getty

Antique Commode Attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle at The Getty

Antique Double Desk Bernard Van Risenburgh at The Getty

Antique French Commode at The Getty

Antique French Louis XV Interior at The Getty

French Antique Commode by Francois de Cuvillies carving by Joachim Dietrich at The Getty

Antique Planishere Clock at Case by Jean-Pierr Latz at The Getty

Louis XIV Commode in Regence Interior at The Getty

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Jul

Boulle Furniture @ The Getty, Los Angeles

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We spent a lovely day at Los Angeles’ Getty Museum – if you are ever in LA it’s definitely worth a visit for it’s eclectic collection of art and furniture in the most amazing setting with stunning views over the sprawling metropolis. If you are a fan of Boulle furniture then the Getty’s collection is incredible. These works of art are priceless – pieces like this just don’t come onto the market. Andre Charles Boulle worked out of Paris (1642 – 1732) and practiced a very distinctive form of inlay using walnut veneered with brass, pewter, horn, tortoiseshell and various woods.

We took some photos of the Boulle furniture but of course you’re not allowed to use a flash in the museum so we did the best we could under the conditions.

Antique Cabinet on Stand by Boulle

Andre-Charles Boulle Table oak veneered with ebony, tortoiseshell, pewter, brass, bone and staine and natural woods at The Getty

Antique Boulle Coffer at The Getty Museum

Antique Boulle Pedestal Table at The Getty

Antique Louis XIV Writing Desk Bureau Plat at The Getty

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Jul

Antique Bronzes @ The Getty Museum, Los Angeles

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The Getty in Los Angeles just has to be my favourite museum in the world. The size is just perfect – not overwhelming like The Louvre – it’s just the right space for a lovely day out. It’s spread out across five buildings each dedicated to a period from Classical Antiquity to modern art – an asthetes paradise. I was particularly impressed with the classical bronze section – mainly Italian bronzes of classical themes and Roman myth. I took a few photos – of course you are not allowed to use a flash in the gallery so some of the lighting isn’t up to scratch but you get an idea.

Antique Jupiter Bronze Statue by Jean Raon at The Getty

Antique Bronze Shinxes on scrolls at The Getty

Antique Bronze Statue Allegory of Autumn by Francesco Bertos at the Getty

Antique Bronze Statue Juggling Man by Adriaen De Vries at The Getty

Antique Italian Bronze Cherub Statue at The Getty

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Antique French Interiors @ The Getty

Antique French Furniture & Commodes @ The Getty

Boulle Furniture @ The Getty, Los Angeles

Antique Bronzes @ The Getty Museum, Los Angeles

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