André-Charles Boulle, Boulle also spelled Boule or Buhl, (born Nov. 11, 1642, Paris, France—died Feb. 28, 1732, Paris), one of France’s leading cabinetmakers, whose fashion of inlaying, called boulle, or buhl, work, swept Europe and was heavily imitated during the 18th and 19th centuries.Multitalented, Boulle practiced as an architect, worked in bronze and mosaic, and designed elaborate ...