BY NICOLAS PETIT, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

細節

A LOUIS XVI MAHOGANY AND EBONY TRAVELLING GAMES-TABLE
BY NICOLAS PETIT, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
With a rectangular gilt-tooled leather-lined removable top with a baize-lined playing-surface to the reverse, enclosing a reversible games board inlaid with a backgammon surface to one side and a chessboard to the reverse, on folding turned tapering and fluted legs terminating in moulded sabots and castors, with turned ivory and ebony playing pieces, leather throwing cups, and two silvered detachable candle branches, stamped 'N.PETIT'
32 in. (81 cm.) high; 47½ in. (121 cm.) wide; 22¾ in. (58 cm.) deep

來源

Château de X; sold Mes Havard and Bailleul, Bayeux, 10 March 1991.
Collection Yves Mikaeloff; sale Christie's, New York, 21 May 1997, lot 365.

出版

A. Droguet, Nicolas Petit. 1732-1791., Paris, 2001, pp. 64 and 113

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

Nicolas Petit, maître ébéniste in 1761.

With its plain lines and sober ornamentation of plain mahogany, this table à jeux illustrates an interesting aspect of the oeuvre of Nicolas Petit. While this cabinet-maker is more often known for his marquetry pieces, it appears in his inventories drawn in 1765 and 1791 that mahogany was his most used wood (A. Droguet, Nicolas Petit, Paris, 2001, p.32).
The folding legs which were conceived to make this table easier to ship are a highly unusual feature in 18th Century furniture in France; we consequently presume that the present lot was a specific commission.