Lot 289
  • 289

A Louis XVI mahogany tric-trac table circa 1780, stamped D.L. Ancellet, JME

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Denis Ancellet, maître in 1766.
  • height 27 1/2 in.; width 47 1/4 in.; depth 23 1/4 in.
  • 70 cm; 120 cm; 59 cm
with a reversible lifting center section veneered to form a chessboard on either side, the frieze with drawers at opposing corners, the interior veneered to form a backgammon surface, raised on fluted tapered legs.

Provenance

Maurice Segoura, Paris

Acquired from the above, 1974

Catalogue Note

An almost identical tric trac table stamped Ancellet is illustrated, J. Nicolay, L'art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes français au XVIIIe Siècle, 1956, p. 37, fig. B.  Another virtually identical table, also stamped by Ancellet was sold, Christie's, New York,  April 21, 1979, lot 118.