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André-Charles Boulle (11 November 1642 – 29 February 1732), [ 1] le joailler du meuble (the "furniture jeweller"), [ 2] became the most famous French cabinetmaker and the preeminent artist in the field of marquetry, [ 3] also known as "inlay". [ 4] Boulle was "the most remarkable of all French cabinetmakers". [ 5]
v. t. e. The Cabinet of the United States is the principal official advisory body to the president of the United States. The Cabinet meets with the president in a room adjacent to the Oval Office. The president chairs the meetings but is not formally a member of the Cabinet. The heads of departments, appointed by the president and confirmed by ...
Cabinet noir. 1815 caricature of the cabinet noir, Bodleian Libraries. In France, the cabinet noir ( French for "black room", also known as the "dark chamber" or "black chamber") was a government intelligence-gathering office, usually within a postal service, where correspondence between persons or entities was opened and read by government ...
Shaker furnitureis a distinctive style of furnituredeveloped by the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, commonly known as Shakers, a religious sect that had guiding principles of simplicity, utility and honesty. Their beliefs were reflected in the well-made furniture of minimalistdesigns. [1] History.
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Bernard Le Nail ( Breton: Bernez an Nail; February 1946 – 5 January 2010) was a French writer and Breton militant. After studying commerce at HEC Paris, [1] he headed the promotional office of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Nantes. In 1979 he became Secretary General of the Comité d'Etude et de Liaison des Intérêts Bretons (CELIB ...
The 1948 United States presidential election was the 41st quadrennial presidential election.It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1948. In one of the greatest election upsets in American history, [2] [3] [4] incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party candidates, becoming the third president to succeed to ...
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