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A mahogany, fruitwood and ivory tric-trac table, stamped twice GAMICHON A PARIS Louis XVI, circa 1800
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
bidding is closed
Description
- height 77cm, diam. 76 by 51cm
with a removable top inlaid for chess, the reverse for checkers, the interior inlaid for veneered in ivory and green stained ivory for backgammon; together with ivory and ebonised games pieces, two dice and two leather cups, stamped twice GAMICHON A PARIS
Literature
Related Literature:
Denise Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siècle, Paris 1989, pp. 214-215
Catalogue Note
Jean-Baptiste Gamichon (d.1832) born in Dijon, recorded working in Paris after 1799 on rue de Cléry. In 1811 his name appeared on a list of cabinet-makers recommended to the Garde-meuble imperial.