A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted cut brass and red tortoiseshell-inlaid ebony and ebonised 'Boulle' games-table
Third quarter 19th Century
Decorated all-over with scrolls, lambrequins and festoons, the shaped hinged top inlaid with a Berainesque style scene, lifting to reveal a green baize-lined playing surface with 'Boulle' surround, the back legs retracting to reveal a drawer, on square tapering legs each headed by a floral patera, on scrolled acanthus-cast and toupie feet
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 35¾ in. (91 cm.) wide; 18 in. (45.5 cm.) deep, closed
A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted cut brass and red tortoiseshell-inlaid ebony and ebonised 'Boulle' games-table
Third quarter 19th Century
Decorated all-over with scrolls, lambrequins and festoons, the shaped hinged top inlaid with a Berainesque style scene, lifting to reveal a green baize-lined playing surface with 'Boulle' surround, the back legs retracting to reveal a drawer, on square tapering legs each headed by a floral patera, on scrolled acanthus-cast and toupie feet
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 35¾ in. (91 cm.) wide; 18 in. (45.5 cm.) deep, closed
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