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CIRCA 1790
Details
A LATE GEORGE III ROSEWOOD WORK AND GAMES-TABLE**
CIRCA 1790
The square top with sliding reversible chessboard above a backgammon board, above two candle-slides, above a fitted frieze drawer with ratcheted writing-surface, above a pleated silk work-basket, on square tapering legs joined by a X-stretcher, brass caps and casters, indistinctly inscribed in chalk on the underside of the upper section, the handles and stretcher apparently original
32¼ in. (82 cm.) high, 18½ in. (47 cm.) square
CIRCA 1790
The square top with sliding reversible chessboard above a backgammon board, above two candle-slides, above a fitted frieze drawer with ratcheted writing-surface, above a pleated silk work-basket, on square tapering legs joined by a X-stretcher, brass caps and casters, indistinctly inscribed in chalk on the underside of the upper section, the handles and stretcher apparently original
32¼ in. (82 cm.) high, 18½ in. (47 cm.) square
Provenance
Bought from M. Harris & Sons, London, 11 July 1957 and by descent.
Special notice
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