Games table
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
mother-of-pearl & papier-mache
Measurements
740 x 680 mm
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288109
Summary
Small round papier mache centre table on a pedestal stem and quadruped base. The top is inlaid with mother-of-pearl as a chessboard, the edges moulded and decorated in gold and colours incribed 'Chess and draughts', 'Echecs et Dames', shaped frieze. The stem with a bulbous reeded base turned over in a lip part way up the stem, a narrow stem issuing from it. Quadruped base with triple claw feet and shaped sides. Decorated with gold formal designs