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Game Board

Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1880-1900

GUSN

GUSN-64577

Description

Leather covered chess board in red and tan with lines. Border made to look marbleized. Reverse has marbleized paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

gameboards (board game elements)
cardboard
leather
marbling
paper (fiber product)
Game
Game, Board
Cardboard
Leather
Unidentified Paper
Marbled
Game, Board

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

18 x 18 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.643

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