Fine Antique Dutch Mid 18th Century Mahogany Game-Table

The oblong hinged top with outset rounded corners opening to a fine wooden playing surface above a conforming frieze fitted with a small drawer. Under the small drawer a fine carving with a foliate design. On the right a long drawer for the storage of clay pipes, Raised on carved cabriole legs terminating in ball and claw feet. The left back leg pulls out to support the table. The table opens to the original wooden playing surface, so no later green leather / felt.
 The inside with three compartments for storage.
Literature:
Shown in Nederlandse Meubelen. Barok tot Biedermeier 1700 – 1830. 
A. Hofstede. Page. 94 Fig. 140


Period: Louis XV
The Netherlands,
Circa 1750


Height: 74 cm.  (28,8 inches.)
Width:  73 cm.  (28,7 inches.)
Depth:  35,5 / 71 cm. (14 / 28 inches.)
Weight:    Kilograms.