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POSSIBLY GALLE REGION, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1835
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AN IVORY AND DARK WOOD CHESS TABLE
POSSIBLY GALLE REGION, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1835
The square top with chessboard, with foliate banding incorporating two drawers on each opponents' sides, over two legs worked as elaborate hanging palmettes issuing swaying tendrils, the base on four gadroon feet
30 ½ x 21 ½ x 21 ½in. (77.5 x 54.5 x 54.5cm.)
POSSIBLY GALLE REGION, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1835
The square top with chessboard, with foliate banding incorporating two drawers on each opponents' sides, over two legs worked as elaborate hanging palmettes issuing swaying tendrils, the base on four gadroon feet
30 ½ x 21 ½ x 21 ½in. (77.5 x 54.5 x 54.5cm.)
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