Chess Figures And Backgammon Board
Chess Figures And Backgammon Board
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Antique Book Form Folding Backgammon, Chess and Draughts Board.
An attractive leather games board made to resemble a two-volume set of books. The illusion continues with gilt tooling and gilt title down the spine on the books: History Of England Vol 1 & 2. Made of soft wood covered in leather with hinges to open out the board. The chess or draughts board is on the exterior and is made up of cream and black squares with nice gilt tooling. Once opened and turned over a nice colourful backgammon board is revealed, this is made of a printed paper background with red and black triangles. To complete the set there are wooden chess pieces. When not using, the games board can be placed neatly on a bookshelf.
Dimensions when open: 42 ½ cm by 41 ½ cm, 3 ½ cm high.
Chess squares measure 3 ½ cm.
Dimensions:
1900-1949
C. 1900
Leather on softwood
United Kingdom
Good usable games board. Paper backgammon board with some tears, outer leather covering with some loss.
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