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Antique games table in the Napoleon III manner, totally ebonised with gilt bronze decorative mouldings and Boulle style marquetry in the center of the upper leaf. The two leaves open after revolving to reveal a newly upholstered baize surface. Four turned and channeled supports decorated with gilt bronze moulding on the upper part and bronze footings on the lowest end.

André-Charles Boulle (11 November 1642 – 28 February 1732) was the French cabinetmaker who is generally considered to be the preeminent artist in the field of marquetry, even "the most remarkable of all French cabinetmakers." His fame in marquetry led to his name being given to the fashion he perfected of inlaying brass and tortoise-shell, known as Boulle (or, in 19th-century Britain, Buhl work). ***It is not commonly known that André-Charles Boulle´s father´s name was Johann Bolt of German origin.