Curatorial Narrative Created towards the end of Boulle’s long career, these two designs for chimney pieces exemplify his ongoing fascination with classical decoration. The artist’s employment of linear brushwork imbues the designs with an architectural precision that was characteristic of his work, and one that would have been familiar to contemporaries through his earlier furniture designs. The strict adherence to a monochromatic palette, predominantly in sepia tones, creates a sense of atmospheric weight that is not dissimilar from the sombre, restrained quality often associated with classical interiors. When enlarged to 44×58 inches, these chimney piece designs reveal their true significance as architectural artifacts. The chromatic structure, based on subtle variations in tonal intensity rather than bold color contrast, establishes a spatial rhythm that would be reinforced by materials such as dark wood or stone paneling. In t