Games Board
1500-1700 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Chess and backgammon board of walnut with marquetry mosaic of stellate and interlaced form in light wood and bone.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Walnut with wood and bone marquetry. |
| Brief description | Walnut with inlay of wood and bone, Italy, 1500-1600 or Persia 1600-1700 |
| Physical description | Chess and backgammon board of walnut with marquetry mosaic of stellate and interlaced form in light wood and bone. |
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| Object history | Bought for £10 from a Mr R. Carter of 36 Spring Street, Surrey Gardens (London), 'cracked and many pieces of inlay missing'. In his art referee report (RP/1870/19189, 29 April 1870) Sir M. Digby Wyatt noted 'This is a beautiful specimen, very cheap, and of extraordinarily fine & all[sic] handwork. It is earnestly recommended for purchase.' This may be the Robert Carter, recorded as an 'antique china dealer' at 15-16 The Minories in the City of London, 1870 and as 'antique furniture dealers' at 185 Tottenham Court Road, 1882. (See Mark Westgarth, A Biographical Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Antique & Curiosity Dealers (Regional Furniture vol. XXIII, 2009)) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 220-1870 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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