Lot Essay
A games-table of this model, with an Irish provenance, was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 15 November 1991, lot 79
Details
A SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY GAMES-TABLE crossbanded overall in rosewood and inlaid with satinwood lines, the double-hinged rectangular top inlaid with four circular portrait busts surrounded by star-shaped inlay with foliate angles, enclosing a brown silk velvet-lined playing-surface, with one part cedar-lined drawer, the frieze inlaid with scrolling foliage and on square tapering legs headed by anthemia, restorations
23in.(65cm.)wide, closed; 30½in. (77cm.) high; 19in. (48cm.) deep
23in.(65cm.)wide, closed; 30½in. (77cm.) high; 19in. (48cm.) deep
Provenance
Bought from Partridge on 15 December 1959 for #405