A CHARLES X GOTHIC REVIVAL EBONY-INLAID PARTRIDGEWOOD GAMES TABLE

CIRCA 1830

Details
A CHARLES X GOTHIC REVIVAL EBONY-INLAID PARTRIDGEWOOD GAMES TABLE
Circa 1830
The rectangular foldover top centering a flowerhead enclosing a green-baize lined playing surface above a frieze inlaid with Gothic arches and crosses, on Gothic-pointed arch-carved stem raised on a shaped quadripartite plinth, with casters
29¾in. (75.5cm.) high, 37in. (94cm.) wide, 18½in. (47cm. ) deep
Provenance
Sold in these Rooms, 24 November 1987, lot 179.
Exhibited
New York, Rosenberg & Steibel Inc., Of Knights and Spires, 28 April - 16 June 1984, pp. 17 and 57, no. 7
Sale room notice
Please note this lot is being sold not subject to a reserve.

Lot Essay

A table with a similar ogee-arched central stem veneered in maple is illustrated in Bizot, Mobilier Restauration, n.d. Paris, p. 27.