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A rosewood games table
the top with two D-ends with low brass galleries and a sliding central section with an inlaid chessboard to the reverse, revealing a backgammon well, the moulded frieze with a shallow drawer and a work basket below, on leaf and scroll carved end supports and raised platform bases, joined by a scroll-carved stretcher with a padded footrest, on leaf scroll feet with brass castors, 19th century with later alterations -- 30in. (76cm.) wide
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the top with two D-ends with low brass galleries and a sliding central section with an inlaid chessboard to the reverse, revealing a backgammon well, the moulded frieze with a shallow drawer and a work basket below, on leaf and scroll carved end supports and raised platform bases, joined by a scroll-carved stretcher with a padded footrest, on leaf scroll feet with brass castors, 19th century with later alterations -- 30in. (76cm.) wide
See Front Cover Illustration