A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID BOIS CITRONNIER AND AMARANTH GAMES TABLE
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A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID BOIS CITRONNIER AND AMARANTH GAMES TABLE

LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID BOIS CITRONNIER AND AMARANTH GAMES TABLE
LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular hinged top with geometric banding in ebony and mother-of-pearl centred by a chessboard flanked by the monogram 'C.A.' above a laurel-wreath, enclosing a baize-lined playing surface with featherbanded and flowerhead-inlaid wells to the corners, above a panelled frieze, on square tapering legs headed by mille-raie panels, the top distressed, extended in width
29¼ in. (74 cm.) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

Acquired in the first half of the 19th century
Recorded in the 1864 inventory (illustrated here)
Thence by descent