Cabinet-Maker to the King: André-Charles Boulle

To mark the 300th anniversary of Louis XIV’s death we have produced a series of films exploring objects in the Collection which help reveal the powerful myth of Louis ‘The Sun King’. In this film Helen Jacobsen, our Head Curator with responsibility for French 18th Century Decorative Arts, looks back over the life of an extraordinary artist, André-Charles Boulle.

Film by Jamie Isbell, music by Oscar Webster Bell.