Napoleon III Games Table

This games table would have been frequented by the older ones? Inside this high quality Napoleon 3 period games table in rosewood is a signature or rather a stamp: Antique and modern furniture Maison NORMAND in Paris 16 rue de sèvres. 16 At this address is the -aux-bois abbey where in the 19th century one of the most important salons in Europe in the field of literature was held by Mme Récamier; chaired by Chateaubriand and where we could see Lamartine, Sainte Beuve, Balzac. It was in this salon that Chateaubriand unveiled: Les Mémoires d'outre-tombe. Napoleon III period games table in rosewood; curved crosspieces with small volute in return; lots of finesse of execution in the sculpture; new bottle green felt; pad varnish