A Fine Pair of Louis XV Style Marquetry Card Tables
FRANCE, Circa 1880
REF No. B74232
Signed ‘HP’ For Henri Picard to the reverse of the gift-bronze
dimensions
Height :94 cm | 37 in
Width :77 cm | 42¹/₄ in
Depth :47 cm | 30¹/₂ in
Width :77 cm | 42¹/₄ in
Depth :47 cm | 30¹/₂ in
description
A Fine Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Inlaid Card Tables.
Each table has a serpentine-shaped fold over top finely inlaid with marquetry depicting cornucopia and a vase issuing flowers, the top opens to reveal a green velvet lined playing surface flanked to the sides by a well, above a shaped apron centred by a pierced scrolling gilt-bronze foliate mount and raised on cabriole legs with acanthus clasps and scroll sabots.
Each table has a serpentine-shaped fold over top finely inlaid with marquetry depicting cornucopia and a vase issuing flowers, the top opens to reveal a green velvet lined playing surface flanked to the sides by a well, above a shaped apron centred by a pierced scrolling gilt-bronze foliate mount and raised on cabriole legs with acanthus clasps and scroll sabots.
