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Checker and backgammon board decorated to look like 2 books when closed. Wood exterior painted green and black w/ gilt to form checkerboard, edges marbleized. Interior lined w/ tooled and gilt leather to form backgammon board.
games
boxes (containers)
imitation leather
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Leatherette
Painted
GAME
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
17.875 x 21 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.128
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