A SOUTH GERMAN ROSEWOOD AND MARQUETRY GAMES BOARD
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Decorated throughout with foliage, fabulous creatures and musician putti, one surface inlaid as a chess board, the interior for backgammon, the latter with landscape cartouches, losses, on an associated stand
The board 20½ in. (52 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep closed
A SOUTH GERMAN ROSEWOOD AND MARQUETRY GAMES BOARD
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Decorated throughout with foliage, fabulous creatures and musician putti, one surface inlaid as a chess board, the interior for backgammon, the latter with landscape cartouches, losses, on an associated stand
The board 20½ in. (52 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep closed