This table is similar to a boulle table, attributed to Pierre Golle, circa 1680, in the J. Paul Getty Museum (C. Bremer-David et al., Decorative Arts, An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, California, 1993, p. 46, no. 57). The Getty table was possibly in the collection of Louis, Grand Dauphin of France, and was sold from the collection of Henry James Laird, Esq., Ardmore House, Blackheath Park, Middlesex, in these Rooms, 19 March 1936, lot 147. A further similar marquetry card-table from the collection of Lady Assheton-Smith, is illustrated in H. Avray Tipping, Old English Furniture, Its True Value and Function, London, 1928, p. 14, fig. 24.
These tables were sometimes placed in the centre of a room, while the other furniture was arranged around the walls. This can be clearly seen in a painting by C. Wild of the Queens Presence Chamber at Windsor Castle (illustrated in D. Watkin, The Royal Interiors of Regency England, London, 1984, p. 20).