"Charming "games Table" Fruit Wood Marquetry Louis XVI End Of 18th Century Swivel Portfolio "
This charming Directoire period games table, sober and elegant at the same time, is practical and elegant because: it can be used as a side console or end of a sofa in the living room, it is of a measured size, swiveling and door leaf; the base foot sheath finished with bronze sabots and the belt decorated with a sausage running at the base. Built at the very end of the 18th century and of good quality, it offers a beautiful rosewood implication board in the reserves on each side of a checkers chessboard; pivoted on its base with hollowed-out compartment, it offers open a green felt mat of perfectly square dimensions. It is a neat piece of furniture treated and in good condition with light tones and satin-buffed varnish. Which suits it well because it has the charm of its elegant rusticity. Functional in more ways than one, it is easy to place and in very good original condition; see photos