STAMPED 'N. PETIT', CIRCA 1780

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, MAHOGANY AND EBONY TRIC-TRAC TABLE**
STAMPED 'N. PETIT', CIRCA 1780
The removeable green gilt-tooled leather top with a baize-lined reverse, enclosing an ivory, green-stained horn and ebony backgammon well, with ivory and stained bone backgammon pieces, with two short amaranth-lined drawers to each short end, on square, tapering legs terminating in caps, stamped to underside of a long side, previously with mounts to top of legs
27½ in. (70 cm.) high, 48½ in. (123 cm.) wide, 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Nicolas Petit, maître in 1761.

Nicolas Petit (1732 - 1791) was a prolific marchand-ébéniste established in the faubourg Saint-Antoine in a building named Nom de Jésus. Upon his death his stock counted no less than 703 pieces of furniture ranging in value from 5 livres for a small chiffonière to 900 livres for a secrétaire à cylindre, illustrating the range he was able to offer to his clients.

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