Exceptional And Large Cartel In Boulle Marquetry Called Aux Cinq Couleurs. Period 15th Century

Exceptional large cartel and its lamp base in Boulle marquetry called "aux cinq couleurs" In violin form, opening on the front with a glazed bronze door, composed of an openwork rocaille cartouche and topped with a bird. Ornamentation of original chiseled and mercury-gilded bronzes. The lamp base has rocaille falls and a clip and an openwork damping. It rests on feet with rocaille scrolls, extended by natural acanthus leaves, joined by a cartouche, acanthus clips in the upper part and at the top of a large composition of adjoining and openwork acanthus leaves. Marquetry decoration on a brass background with ivory flowers and horn tinted green, yellow, red and brown tortoiseshell. Original intaglio engraving. The dial, composed of 25 cartouches with Roman numerals and Arabic numerals for the minutes, is signed PAILLARD FRERES A BESANCON; LOUIS XV PERIOD - CIRCA 1750 (Small detachments and losses)