Details
A SOUTH GERMAN BAROQUE WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUTERY GAMES BOARD (SPIELBRETT)
CIRCA 1725
With hinged rectangular top inlaid with numerical squares within floral sprays fitted with a steel lockplate pierced with strapwork enclosing an interior inlaid with backgammon panels, each decorated with a tulip spray; together with thirty-two fruitwood and ebony backgammon counters and thirty-two later ivory and scarlet-stained chess pieces-4¼in. (11cm.) high, 17¼in. (44cm.) wide, 19¾in. (50cm.) deep
CIRCA 1725
With hinged rectangular top inlaid with numerical squares within floral sprays fitted with a steel lockplate pierced with strapwork enclosing an interior inlaid with backgammon panels, each decorated with a tulip spray; together with thirty-two fruitwood and ebony backgammon counters and thirty-two later ivory and scarlet-stained chess pieces-4¼in. (11cm.) high, 17¼in. (44cm.) wide, 19¾in. (50cm.) deep
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 2-3 March 1984, lot 174