Twee toiletkoffers
Also titled Two toilet caskets
André-Charles Boulle (Paris, 1642–1732)
c. 1685 - c. 1690
- Medium
- tortoise shell, bronze (metal), iron (metal), ebony (wood), walnut (hardwood), gilding (material), softwood, pear (wood), tin (metal), brass (alloy), oak (wood)
- Classification
- suitcase
- Dimensions
- height 138.3 cm x width 91.4 cm x depth 65.8 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Mondriaan Stichting, the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Fonds 21 and H.B. van der Ven, The Hague
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
These caskets on stands probably served no practical purpose. They were made as works of art, to add lustre to a princely chamber. They are ornamented with marquetry of tortoiseshell and brass, supplemented with some pewter. Boulle specialized in this technique, which is known as boullework. The shape of the fittings accords well with the patterns of the marquetry.
