A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS CITRONNIER TRIC-TRAC TABLE

BY LOUIS-ANDRÉ DESEINE

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS CITRONNIER TRIC-TRAC TABLE
By Louis-André Deseine
The rectangular removable red leather-lined top with a chessboard flanked by two rectangular black leather-lined surfaces to the reverse, enclosing a backgammon well flanked by amaranth and mahogany parquetry panels surrounded by ivory scoring-holes, the shaped apron to the front with two short drawers above cabriole legs headed by a pierced C-scroll mount above a bead-and-reel band and terminating in conforming sabots, with two leather dice shakers and fourteen ebony and fifteen ivory counters, stamped 'L.A. DESEINE' to the underside of the front, the drawers reveneered, the top with later rim, restorations
46½ in. (118 cm.) wide; 28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 25¼ in. (64 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Louis-André Deseine, maître in 1765.

This tric-trac table is closely related to that by Jean-Charles Saunier sold anonymously at Christie's New York, 23 May 1996, lot 174.

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