Folding Games Board
ca. 1855 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Folding chessboard.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved sandalwood inlaid with rosewood, ivory and white metal on the exterior and ebony on the interior, with brass catches and silvered brass hinges |
| Brief description | Chessboard, ca. 1855, Canara. |
| Physical description | Folding chessboard. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Jaffer, Amin :Furniture from British India and Ceylon: A Catalogue of the Collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. London : V&A Publications, 2001. . ISBN 1851773185.p.152, fig.15 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 9673(IS) |
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| Record created | December 3, 2002 |
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