Pair of Boulle style game tables. France, 19th century

Pair of Boulle style game tables. France, 19th century.
Ebonized wood, tortoiseshell, brass marquetry and gilded bronze.
Measurements: 78 x 96 x 48,5 cm.

This pair of game tables follows the aesthetics of the furniture created for the court of Louis XIV by André-Charles Boulle, designs entirely decorated with magnificent marquetry and grotesques, in brass and tortoiseshell or ebony and ivory, and elements applied in bronze. The craftsmanship of our game tables gives the furniture a sinuous design typical of this period by combining cabriole legs with a cut-out skirt waist and a mixtilinear profile top, the latter (folding and with a game mat inside) protruding from the sides when open because it is larger than the structure of the legs. The Boullé inspiration can also be seen in the profusion of decoration based on floral inlay in tortoiseshell and metal developing in fine tracery on the legs as well as on the waist and top of the furniture. The knees highlighted with gilded bronze masks are also typical of the Boulle style, as are the claw feet embellished with scrolls.