Neues parquetspiel, Nouveau jeu de parquet, The diversion of inlaid work improved.
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
c. 1840 - c. 1860
Materials
Wood
Measurements
110 mm (Width) x 19 mm (Depth); 110 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (Germany)
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Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 997533
Summary
German shape game contained in a wooden box with green rim and sliding lid with picture representing two children dressed in Regency style playing the game. The box contains a paper sheet with the model of an inlaid floor tile to colour in and reproduce and 54 shapes of various colours.
Full description
The purpose of the game is to recreate the inlaid floor tile and its pattern from the paper model.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.