This is a fabulous high quality vintage Italian burr walnut, floral marquetry and ormolu inlaid metamorphic triple top games table for roulette, cards, chess, draughts, backgammon and blackjack. mid 20th century in date.
The lift-off top flips over to reveal a chess board, with an internal flip over board with a green baize lined gaming interior, one side is for playing cards, poker and mahjong, and the other side is for black jack. There are counter recesses for chips with a central panel for backgammon which opens again to reveal a further panel with a roulette wheel, counter wells with counters and a green roulette baize marked scoring panel.
Complete with chess set, draughts & backgammon sets, 2 packs of cards, chips, mah jong dice, dice and 2 roulette balls,
The table sits on a cylindrical pedestal on a circular base with four ormolu mounted splay feet.
It is an elegant piece which will enhance a special room in your home.
Condition:
In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, the Roulette baize is original, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 79 x Width 124 x Depth 124
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 foot, 7 inches x Width 4 feet, 1 inch x Depth 4 feet, 1 inch
Roulette is a casino game named after the French word meaning little wheel. In the game, players may choose to place bets on either a single number or a range of numbers, the colors red or black, or whether the number is odd or even.
The game has been played in its present form since as early as 1796 in Paris. An early description of the roulette game in its current form is found in a French novel La Roulette, ou le Jour by Jaques Lablee, which describes a roulette wheel in the Palais Royal in Paris in 1796. The description included the house pockets, "There are exactly two slots reserved for the bank, whence it derives its sole mathematical advantage." It then goes on to describe the layout with, "... two betting spaces containing the bank's two numbers, zero and double zero...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Ormolu Game Tables