Louis XVI Period Walnut Games Table

A fine & elegant antique French Louis XVI walnut/fruitwood inlaid card/games table, circa 1880. The table having a feather banded walnut top, finely inlaid with a central floral pan...

Square top with tooled brown leather over a shaped apron with four drawers, raised on cabriole legs. Provenance; Sophie H. Gimbel.

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime fully restored one of a kind Louis XVI circa 1780 period Tric Trac games table in Walnut, Hardwood and brown leather An image of Marie-Antoinette’s games room, the ‘Salon de la Paix’ at Versailles showing no fewer than four Tric Trac tables. Games tables were highly fashionable at Versailles and the queen organised gambling evenings several times a week losing huge amounts of money. She had to ask for the king’s financial support which he usually offered happily, despite the royal ban on gaming! The Salon de la Paix was was located on the first floor of the chateau next to the queens bedchamber. This is an exceptional piece of art furniture, dating to the late 18th century its French with a walnut frame, hardwood backgammon table, hand dyed brown leather chess board leather...

Louis XVI style tulip wood, birch and king wood fold over games table, circa 1930's. The top with a central star inlay, aprons with tulip wood panels framed with birch string inlay s...

A French Louis XVI style walnut bouillotte table from the 19th century with white marble top, brass accents, single drawer and fluted legs. Cre...

Constructed in a finely figured goncalo alves; the end supports having square uprights, each enclosing three tapering and turned ‘triple spindles’, with ‘running pearl’ adornments, a...