BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI? PLANET OF THE APES? YEAH, HE WROTE BOTH OF THOSE NOVELS. 💙📚 #booksky #pierre #boulle

Boulle de la chatte

Boulle désigne une technique de marqueterie célèbre, souvent utilisée pour les meubles, caractérisée par l'incrustation de placages en laiton, écaille ou bois précieux. #Boulle #technique #marqueterie #meubles #incrustation

I'm a #maker of things ❤️ #sourdough #bread #breadmaker #garlicandcheese and #traditional #boulle

Anyone else? I'd love you follow. I enjoy taking time to make things that my family enjoys. I can't control much in the world, but I can #bake bread.

The clockmaker superstars who redefined time A fancy state-of-the-art table clock was once the ultimate status symbol, coveted by king and tycoons. Louisa McKenzie on their history, makers and long-lasting influence

🕰️ I wrote about luxury #clocks new and old via the Keeping Time: Clocks by #Boulle exhibition at the #WallaceCollection for @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l...

#clockmaker #clockmaking #timepiece #andrecharlesboulle #earlymodern #history #furniture #decorativearts #louisxiv

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1912 : Naissance de Pierre Boulle, auteur de 'La Planète des Singes' et du 'Pont de la rivière Kwaï'.

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EXHIBITION: Wallace Collection display five Boulle clocks from reign of Louis XIV The planning involved in the Science Museum’s ‘Versailles: Science and Splendour’ exhibition, which looks at the evolution of science at the Palace of Versailles through the reigns of Louis XIV, Lo…

[NEW POST] It's more Versailles-in-London, with the Wallace Collection displaying five Boulle clocks from reign of Louis XIV. You can also book a place to watch them (and other clocks) being wound. #clocks #boulle #London #clocknerd #Versailles

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Nooit geweten dat de Amerikaanse films 'The Bridge on the River #Kwai' en 'Planet of the #Apes', zijn gebaseerd op boeken van een Franse schrijver: Pierre #Boulle. In zijn boeken geen opgeblazen brug (Bridge...) en geen vrijheidsbeeld (Planet...) Hij zag die filmische aanpassingen met lede ogen aan.