A SOUTH GERMAN SYCAMORE AND INLAID GAMES BOARD
A SOUTH GERMAN SYCAMORE AND INLAID GAMES BOARD

PROBABLY EGER WORKSHOP, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A SOUTH GERMAN SYCAMORE AND INLAID GAMES BOARD
PROBABLY EGER WORKSHOP, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The one side inlaid for 'Tric-Trac' with a central frieze depicting a watery mountainous city scape flanked by alternating cartouche mounted obelisks and addorsed dolphin fountains, the opposing side inlaid with a flower-head centred squares for chess, inset within a ripple moulded frame, restorations
17½ x 17½ in. (44.5 x 44.5 cm.)
出版
Hans & Barbara Holländer, Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 2005, fig. 80, page 105

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The town of Eger in southern Germany was the centre of a specialised type of woodworking in the 17th century.