Refined and rare Viennese Classicism-Empire style gaming table. Vienna 1795-1810 ca.
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Refined and rare Viennese Classicism-Empire style gaming table. Vienna 1795-1810 ca. Inlaid with mirrored mahogany feather, the table opens like a book rotating on itself and showing the game surface in refined leather. It is an object of real absolute wooden integrity with shellac finish applied with museum standard technique on original first patina. It measures cm. 82 high, 95 wide, 47.5 (95 open) deep.
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