Lot Essay
Jacques-Laurent Cosson, maître in 1765.
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STAMPED 'J.L. COSSON' AND 'JME', CIRCA 1770
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A LOUIS XVI TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY CONCERTINA-ACTION GAMES TABLE
STAMPED 'J.L. COSSON' AND 'JME', CIRCA 1770
The rounded rectangular top with Greek key corners hinging to reveal a square top lined with a later circular blue and gilt-tooled playing surface, above a herringbone-inlaid frieze, on faux-fluted tapering legs headed by ormolu collars, ending in toupie sabots, the top with traces of green staining, the reverse finished, stamped to underside short-end, the underside with black stencil and inscribed in yellow chalk twice '57467x', restorations to mechanism
31 in. (79 cm.) high, 34 in. (86.5 cm.) wide, 17 in. (43 cm.) deep
STAMPED 'J.L. COSSON' AND 'JME', CIRCA 1770
The rounded rectangular top with Greek key corners hinging to reveal a square top lined with a later circular blue and gilt-tooled playing surface, above a herringbone-inlaid frieze, on faux-fluted tapering legs headed by ormolu collars, ending in toupie sabots, the top with traces of green staining, the reverse finished, stamped to underside short-end, the underside with black stencil and inscribed in yellow chalk twice '57467x', restorations to mechanism
31 in. (79 cm.) high, 34 in. (86.5 cm.) wide, 17 in. (43 cm.) deep