Lot Essay
A related table with similar outset top at Schloss Schwaigern, Württemberg, is illustrated in H. Schmitz, Deutsche Möbel des Barock und Rokoko, 1923, p. 297.
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A SOUTH GERMAN ROCOCO WALNUT AND MARQUETRY GAMES TABLE
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular top centered by a pivoting panel inlaid as a chess board reversing to a backgammon board above a foliate and scroll-carved frieze on cabriole legs ending in hoof feet
29in. (73.5cm.) high, 36in. (91cm.) wide, 22½in. (57in.) deep
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular top centered by a pivoting panel inlaid as a chess board reversing to a backgammon board above a foliate and scroll-carved frieze on cabriole legs ending in hoof feet
29in. (73.5cm.) high, 36in. (91cm.) wide, 22½in. (57in.) deep