Editing Panelling (section)

== ''Boiserie'' ==
[[Image:Zunfthaus - Gesellschaftssaal.jpg|thumb|Elaborate ''boiseries'' in the guild hall of the ''Zunfthaus zu Kaufleuten'', [[Kramgasse]] 29, [[Bern]]]]
'''''Boiserie''''' ({{IPA|fr|bwazʁi}}; often used in the plural '''''boiseries''''') is the French term used to define ornate and intricately carved wood panelling.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Garay|first1=Regina|title=The Beauty of Boiserie|url=http://paintandpattern.com/boiserie/|publisher=paintandpattern.com|access-date=11 January 2016|date=June 23, 2014}}</ref> ''Boiseries'' became popular in the latter part of the 17th century in [[France|French]] [[interior design]], becoming a ''de rigueur '' feature of fashionable French interiors throughout the 18th century. Such panels were most often painted in two shades of a chosen color or in contrasting colors, with gilding reserved for the main reception rooms.<ref>{{cite book| title=The French Interior in the 18th Century|author=Whitehead, John| publisher=Dutton Studio Books| year=1992|pages=95–7}}</ref> The [[Palace of Versailles]] contains many fine examples of white painted ''boiseries'' with gilded mouldings installed in the reigns of [[Louis XV]] and [[Louis XVI]].<ref>Verlet, Pierre (1985). Le château de Versailles. Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard</ref> The panels were not confined to just the walls of a room but were used to decorate doors, frames, cupboards, and shelves also. It was standard for mirrors to be installed and framed by the carved ''boiseries'', especially above the mantelpiece of a fireplace. Paintings were also installed within ''boiseries'', above doorways or set into central panels.<ref>{{cite book| title=The French Interior in the 18th Century|author=Whitehead, John| publisher=Dutton Studio Books| year=1992|pages=95–7}}</ref>