A late 18th century Russian rosewood, mahogany banded and sycamore marquetry card table
The rectangular moulded swivel top inlaid with a central oval of musical trophies on a tulipwood ground within a leaf entwined border and a further harewood border with Greek key inlaid corners, enclosing a baize lined interior with fan inlaid corners, the frieze inlaid with various twin-handled vases , bowls and bottles and a ewer on square tapering legs inlaid with leaves, pendants and bellflowers,with inventory label to the underside, 83cm wide, 41cm deep, 75cm high.
The marquetry decoration seen on the lot offered here is typical of the marquetry decoration produced in Russia in the 1780's. A marquetry games table (private collection) of this form is illustrated in A Cheneviere, Russian Furniture, The Golden Age, 1780-1840, pl. 24. A kidney shaped marquetry table of this period and on similar tapering legs is in the collection of the Hillwood Museum, Washington D.C and is illustrated in A. Cheneviere ibid., pl.25
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