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A GEORGE III LACEWOOD AND SPECIMEN PARQUETRY GAMES TABLE
THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTOR (LOTS 157-181)
A GEORGE III LACEWOOD AND SPECIMEN PARQUETRY GAMES TABLE

CIRCA 1780

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A GEORGE III LACEWOOD AND SPECIMEN PARQUETRY GAMES TABLE
CIRCA 1780
The double hinged crossbanded cube parquetry top opening to reveal a chequerboard reverting to a painted sycamore board with a game THE JEW, and a backgammon board beneath, with printed instructions pasted to the underside of one top, above a line-inlaid frieze on square tapered legs joined by concave stretchers
30 in. (76 cm.) high, 21¾ in. (55 cm.) wide, 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

拍品專文

This table is almost certainly from the same workshop as a table sold The Property of a New York Estate, Christie's, New York, 12-13 October 1995, lot 133, which displayed the same cube parquetry to the top and with a very similarly decorated gamesboard to the interior. There are printed versions of the game, which were published in London by Wallis in 1807.