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Wounded movie studios may be takeover targets: Orion, MGM-Pathe too dependent on future proceeds. (Orion Pictures, MGM- Pathe Communications Co.)
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Wounded movie studios may be takeover targets
Orion, MGM-Pathe too dependent on future proceeds
These are troubled times for both Orion Pictures and MGM-Pathe Communications Co. Both companies are relying on revenues from future films to fuel the companies and both have mortgaged assets for more cash.
Both MGM-Pathe and Orion have sold many assets and, in MGM-Pathe's case, mortgaged the rights to film libraries. The primary source of revenue for both companies are receipts from future films, said Paul Marsh, an entertainment analyst with Los ...
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Boulle at Blenheim: among the great treasures in the state rooms at Blenheim Palace is a collection of furniture by Andre-Charles Boulle, or in his manner, acquired by the Duke of Marlborough in the 1890s. In the second article on these unpublished pieces, Peter Hughes unravels their often complex history.
Magazine article from: Apollo
; ...2005, looked at six pieces of Boulle marquetry furniture in the state...three of them by contemporaries of Andre-Charles Boulle and three others, all...is remarkably rich in works by Andre-Charles Boulle, since a filing-cabinet...
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Boulle at Blenheim: Blenheim Palace's state rooms contain splendid furniture by Andre-Charles Boulle and in his manner, collected by the 9th Duke of Marlborough in the 1890s after his marriage to Consuelo Vanderbilt. In the first of two articles, Peter Hughes discusses these unpublished pieces in detail, and identifies those by Boulle himself.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Apollo
; ...including, ironically, Boulle marquetry pieces from...splendid setting for the Boulle furniture, some of which...attributed to Andr6-Charles Boulle, while other...pattern, like those that Andre-Charles Boulle was introducing...
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A connoisseur's eye: George Byng's boulle furniture: the politician George Byng was an astute collector, well-placed to take advantage of the art market after the Napoleonic wars. Charles Cator and Alexandre Pradere introduce a pair of coffers and a cabinet-on-stand bought by Byng, masterpieces that can be securely attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle.
Magazine article from: Apollo
; ...FIGURE 5 OMITTED] The pair of Boulle coffers (Fig. 2) that he bought...two coffers can be attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle by comparison with three other...this size, whose attribution to Boulle has a long and established history...
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Prepare to be Boulle-ed over: superb eighteenth-century furniture untouched by restorers, and most of it never published, is being sold by the Wildenstein family.(Art Market)
Magazine article from: Apollo
; ...been such a large-scale dispersal of magnificent Boulle furniture. What makes it even more exceptional is...though it has just left the cabinetmaker's workshop. Andre-Charles Boulle (1642-1732) was, of course, the presiding genius...
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Royal furnishings sometimes cost a king's ransom
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...York. The desk was attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle. Said William J. Iselin, vice...documented royal furniture by Boulle, the most important cabinetmaker...similar desk, also attributed to Boulle but without the royal identification...
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Collectibles
Newspaper article from: Derby Evening Telegraph
; ...clock is cased in what is termed Boulle work, named after a famous French cabinetmaker called Andre Charles Boulle, who died in 1732. Boulle...XIV, to furnish his palaces. Andre Charles Boulle's style of rococo design...
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Antiques: tortoiseshell. (decorative material)
Magazine article from: Interior Design
; ...innovative French furniture maker, Andre-Charles Boulle, had perfected a way of combining...marquetry. Until his death in 1732, Boulle was the foremost exponent of this...employed in the manufacture of Boulle pieces. Boulle marquetry was...
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Raising the bar: the first volume of the Getty Museum's sumptuous catalogue of its French furniture sets new standards of information and analysis.(French Furniture and Gilt Bronzes, Baroque and Regence: Catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Apollo
; ...strong in furniture attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle, including the aforementioned...one of the tables attributed to Boulle, proposing its likely method...digital reconstruction of the Boulle cabinet-on-stand, where the...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Furniture fashion fanned by French kings.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...between European countries, and when Charles VIII returned to France after the...premises working for the king. Andre Charles Boulle (1642-1732) eagerly accepted...workshop and art collection and Boulle was forced into bankruptcy. However...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Italian artistry was hijacked by the French
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
; ...and perfected by the French was boulle marquetry that also used tortoiseshell...was the more affordable brass. Andre- Charles Boulle (1728-1809) developed an idea...as found in the 19th century boulle work desk set, inviting pounds150...
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