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Louis XV Style French Marquetry Card Table
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Louis XV Style French Marquetry Card Table

1900 - 1920
Sold 9 June 2025 · Georgian Antiques
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Circa 1920, good Louis XV style French marquetry and ormolu mounted fold over card table. The shaped top is profusely inlaid with various woods depicting birds, musical instruments, flowers, and scrolls. The outer edge has kingwood banding and the fore edge has a stylish ormolu mount. The top swivels and opens to reveal a marquetry inlaid border and green felt lined surface. The front, sides and back have a shaped apron with ebony back and is again profusely inlaid with marquetry similar to the top. The whole piece stands on four elegant cabriole legs with ormolu mounts on the knees which continues down the fore edge and finishes in foliate cast sabots.

Size 77cm high x 84.5cm wide x 44.5cm deep.

Date of Manufacture

Georgian Antiques has dated this Louis XV Marquetry Card Table to the 1920s.

Physical Dimensions
Height
77cm (30.31")
Width
84cm (33.07")
Depth
44cm (17.32")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA416726
Dealers Internal Reference
23807
Description
Circa 1920, good Louis XV style French marquetry and ormolu mounted fold over card table.
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The shaped top is profusely inlaid with various woods depicting birds, musical instruments, flowers, and scrolls.
Georgian Antiques

The outer edge has kingwood banding and the fore edge has a stylish ormolu mount. The top swivels and opens to reveal a marquetry inlaid border and green felt lined surface. The front, sides and back have a shaped apron with ebony back and is again profusely inlaid with marquetry similar to the top. The whole piece stands on four elegant cabriole legs with ormolu mounts on the knees which continues down the fore edge and finishes in foliate cast sabots.

Size 77cm high x 84.5cm wide x 44.5cm deep.

Date of Manufacture

Georgian Antiques has dated this Louis XV Marquetry Card Table to the 1920s.

Height
77cm (30.31")
Width
84cm (33.07")
Depth
44cm (17.32")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA416726
Dealers Internal Ref
23807
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Archive I An angled view of a serpentine-shaped French card table featuring intricate floral marquetry veneer, cabriole legs, and cast ormolu mounts. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

Louis XV Style French Marquetry Card Table

Archive II An angled view of a serpentine-shaped French card table featuring intricate floral marquetry veneer, cabriole legs, and cast ormolu mounts. View II
Archive III An angled view of a serpentine-shaped French card table featuring intricate floral marquetry veneer, cabriole legs, and cast ormolu mounts. View III
Archive IV An angled view of a serpentine-shaped French card table featuring intricate floral marquetry veneer, cabriole legs, and cast ormolu mounts. View IV
Archive V An angled view of a serpentine-shaped French card table featuring intricate floral marquetry veneer, cabriole legs, and cast ormolu mounts. View V
Archive VI An angled view of a serpentine-shaped French card table featuring intricate floral marquetry veneer, cabriole legs, and cast ormolu mounts. View VI
Archive VII An angled view of a serpentine-shaped French card table featuring intricate floral marquetry veneer, cabriole legs, and cast ormolu mounts. View VII
Archive VIII An angled view of a serpentine-shaped French card table featuring intricate floral marquetry veneer, cabriole legs, and cast ormolu mounts. View VIII
Archive IX An angled view of a serpentine-shaped French card table featuring intricate floral marquetry veneer, cabriole legs, and cast ormolu mounts. View IX
Archive X An angled view of a serpentine-shaped French card table featuring intricate floral marquetry veneer, cabriole legs, and cast ormolu mounts. View X
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Archive XII An angled view of a serpentine-shaped French card table featuring intricate floral marquetry veneer, cabriole legs, and cast ormolu mounts. View XII
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An angled view of a serpentine-shaped French card table featuring intricate floral marquetry veneer, cabriole legs, and cast ormolu mounts.
Louis XV Style French Marquetry Card Table
Ref: SA416726
An angled view of a serpentine-shaped French card table featuring intricate floral marquetry veneer, cabriole legs, and cast ormolu mounts.
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  • ObjectGame Tables
  • Period1900 - 1920
  • StyleLouis XV
  • MaterialWalnut, Various Fruitwoods, Ebony, Ormolu
  • ColourWarm Brown
  • MotifsFloral marquetry, Cabriole legs, Serpentine top, Ormolu mounts
  • SizeH 77 cm (30 in) x W 84 cm (33 in) x D 44 cm (17 in)

The Louis XV style, or Rococo, emerged in France during the mid-18th century, characterised by asymmetrical designs, curved lines, and naturalistic motifs such as flowers and foliage.

These tables were typically constructed from a carcase of oak or pine, veneered with exotic woods such as walnut, rosewood, and ebony, featuring hand-cut floral marquetry and cast gilt-bronze or ormolu mounts.

Authenticity is assessed by inspecting the hand-cut wood veneers for natural colour variations, examining the hand-chased quality of the brass or bronze ormolu mounts, and checking for period-appropriate joinery and hand-cut screws.

An antique game table can be integrated into a contemporary space as a statement console or occasional desk, contrasting against minimalist architecture to highlight its intricate wood grain and craftsmanship.

Preservation requires maintaining stable indoor humidity and temperature levels, keeping the piece away from direct sunlight to prevent fading, and treating the surface periodically with traditional beeswax rather than modern silicon polishes.
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