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Chess Table

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Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1860-1880

GUSN

GUSN-171467

Description

Animal paw feet, scrolled legs, turned pillar with carved and incised "buttresses"; game board of inset marbles and stones

Details

Descriptive Terms

chess tables
tables (support furniture)
wood (plant material)
marble (rock)
Néo-Grec
Table, Game

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

29 1/8 x 18 1/8 x 18 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Mrs. George Shepley Selfridge

Accession Number

1935.842

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