THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A DANISH BIRCH, LABURNUM AND PARQUETRY, BROWN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT GAMES-TABLE
MID-18TH CENTURY
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A DANISH BIRCH, LABURNUM AND PARQUETRY, BROWN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT GAMES-TABLE
Mid-18th Century
The removeable top decorated with a diamond within a canted rectangle and with a chessboard to the reverse, within a moulded rectangular top revealing a backgammon board above a pierced foliate scrolled apron, on chanelled cabriole legs, the sides with candlesticks and the underside with push-up mechanism for removing the games-board, inscribed in Swedish in pencil 'TAG' and signed 'JANS GUR.BURG', possibly Swedish
34¾ in. (88.5 cm.) wide; 29¼ in. (74.5 cm.) high; 19¾ in (50 cm.) deep
Mid-18th Century
The removeable top decorated with a diamond within a canted rectangle and with a chessboard to the reverse, within a moulded rectangular top revealing a backgammon board above a pierced foliate scrolled apron, on chanelled cabriole legs, the sides with candlesticks and the underside with push-up mechanism for removing the games-board, inscribed in Swedish in pencil 'TAG' and signed 'JANS GUR.BURG', possibly Swedish
34¾ in. (88.5 cm.) wide; 29¼ in. (74.5 cm.) high; 19¾ in (50 cm.) deep