A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONIZED TRIC-TRAC TABLE

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONIZED TRIC-TRAC TABLE
CIRCA 1730

With rectangular removeable top inlaid with a checkerboard and reversing to a baize-lined playing surface above a backgammon interior and cushion-moulded frieze mounted with plumed female masks, the sides fitted with a drawer, the angles with pierced foliate-cast chutes, on cabriole legs ending in similarly cast sabots-28½ in. (72.5cm.) high, 32¾ in. (83cm.) wide, 24¼ in. (61.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Related ebony tric-trac tables were sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, 24 November 1957, lot 130; Sotheby's Monaco, 4 and 5 March 1984, lot 428; and in these Rooms, 1 November 1990, lot 173. Another example with closely related female mask mount is illustrated in La Folie D'Artois, 1988, p. 207.