Puckerings has dated this Antique Boulle Desk Calendar to the Edwardian era.
These cards can still be used today as a Perpetual calendar; for instance if 2nd of the month is a Sunday, you would use the card shown for June 1940, it is only this heading that would be incorrect. All the cards are present and all signed by Asprey.
The backing is top-notch which one would expect, made from polished Mahogany with a sliding panel which opens the back to change the card. I have also had a red velvet card made in case you would prefer to use as a photograph frame.
The Tortoiseshell was attached to the hardwood frame with coloured matter below (in this case red) to give this highly sought after reddish-orange colouring to these works of art. This process first developed by the French cabinetmaker, André-Charles Boulle (11 November 1642 – 28 February 1732, highly popular in nineteenth century Britain into the very early 20th century.
Superb quality and condition measuring 5 3/4" x 5 3/4" x 3/4" with a glazed aperture measuring 4 3/8" x 4 3/8".
Item: 40470
Puckerings has dated this Antique Boulle Desk Calendar to the Edwardian era.
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Antique English Boulle Perpetual Calendar by Asprey, London
