Lot 127
  • 127

A Directoire ivory and bone-inlaid mahogany tric trac table circa 1800

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • leather, ivory, bronze, mahogany, oak, plastic
  • height 28 in.; width 45 in.; depth 23 1/4 in.
  • 71.5 cm; 114.5 cm; 59 cm
Together with two removable candlearms, twenty-eight ivory and ebony gaming pieces, thirty plastic gaming pieces, dices and tooled and gilt leather dice cups. 

Condition

Removable top with later leather inlay. With age and construction cracks, dents, abrasions, scuffs and small losses to veneer to one corner. Ivory with fine age cracks. Sabots with oxidation and surface dirt. Underside with old worm damage. Refinished. In good condition.
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