Lot 188
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AN ANGLO-INDIAN PADOUK GAMES-TABLE
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AN ANGLO-INDIAN PADOUK GAMES-TABLE

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN ANGLO-INDIAN PADOUK GAMES-TABLE
Early 19th Century
The rounded rectangular twin-flap top banded in satinwood edged with ebony and bone lines, the central reversable and removable panel, with chess-board to the reverse and enclosing a removable backgammon board inlaid with lozenges of bone and ebony, above a hardwood-lined frieze drawer on rectangular end supports with panelled bases, with downswept legs and brass leaf wrapped caps and castors
28 in. (71 cm.) high; 44¾ in. (113.5 cm.) wide, open; 21¾ in. (55 cm.) deep
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

A similar Regency games table was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 20 November 1986, lot 100 (£9,350). Another example is in the Noel Terry Collection, Fairfax House, York (P. Brown, The Noel Terry Collection of Furniture and Clocks, York, 1987, no. 116).

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