GAMES BOARD
Baroque, probably Augsburg ca. 1650.
Walnut and various fruitwoods, exquisitely inlaid with animals, nuts, flower garlands, reserves and decorative frieze. Rectangular, hinged body. The recessed top inlaid with a checker board, verso with a board for Nine Men's Morris, the inside with a "Back Gammon" board. Fine iron mounts.
48x48.5x(open 97)x12.5 cm.
Provenance:- from a private collection, Switzerland.For a similar board, see H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, Munich 1970; II, Figs. 200 and 201 as well as G. Himmelheber, Spiele - Gesellschaftsspiele aus einem Jahrtausend. Kataloge des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums München, Munich 1976; XIV, pp. 48f. (No. 49).
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Baroque, probably Augsburg ca. 1650.
Walnut and various fruitwoods, exquisitely inlaid with animals, nuts, flower garlands, reserves and decorative frieze. Rectangular, hinged body. The recessed top inlaid with a checker board, verso with a board for Nine Men's Morris, the inside with a "Back Gammon" board. Fine iron mounts.
48x48.5x(open 97)x12.5 cm.
Provenance:- from a private collection, Switzerland.For a similar board, see H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, Munich 1970; II, Figs. 200 and 201 as well as G. Himmelheber, Spiele - Gesellschaftsspiele aus einem Jahrtausend. Kataloge des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums München, Munich 1976; XIV, pp. 48f. (No. 49).
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