Lot Essay
A related table is illustrated in M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture 1795-1830, London, 1949, p. 118, fig. 119.
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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID AND MOUNTED ROSEWOOD GAMES-TABLE**
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With ratcheted slope flanked by demi-lune wells, above a backgammon board, with a removable chessboard above a pleated material work-basket, on lyre end-supports and downswept legs, brass paw caps and casters
30½ in. (78 cm.) high; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) wide; 16¼ in. (41.5 cm.) deep
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With ratcheted slope flanked by demi-lune wells, above a backgammon board, with a removable chessboard above a pleated material work-basket, on lyre end-supports and downswept legs, brass paw caps and casters
30½ in. (78 cm.) high; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) wide; 16¼ in. (41.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 February 1998, lot 188.
Special notice
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