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Property from an Esteemed European Collection

A Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted mahogany tric-trac table by Jean-Henri Riesener, circa 1780

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November 12, 01:17 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

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Lot Details

Description

with two drawers, the reverse of the leather-lined top with green baize, the lower half revealing a bone and ebony backgammon interior flanked by two gilt-tooled red leather surfaces, on four tapered legs, stamped twice "J.H. RIESENER" and "JME", with two silver candleholders


71cm high, 115cm wide, 66cm deep; 28in., 45 1/4in., 26in.

Acquired Galerie Charpentier, Maître Ader, Paris, 19-20 December 1949, lot 117.

Jean Nicolay, L'art et la manière des Maîtres Ebénistes Français du XVIIIe, Editions Pygmalion 1986, p. 401, fig. V.