Caption

Chess, mill and backgammon box, games, flower vases, chess, plant decoration, baroque style, landscapes, backgammon, animals, birds, checkers party game, 1680s, France, furniture, equipment, game furniture, height 9 cm, width 37 cm, depth 32.8 cm, A rectangular hinged wooden board opened flat showing two panels with a symmetrical geometric pattern; the dominant color is dark brown to black in the field, with ivory-colored elongated triangular inlays and a few narrow pale lines creating pointed motifs; there are several horizontal pale rectangular inlays with darker decorative markings, and thin golden or yellow linear accents outlining panels and forming small diamond-like motifs near the center hinge; the outer frame is a darker wood with lighter edge lines and small circular holes along the border, and a metal hinge is visible at the center where the two panels meet.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A10_449

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Rights managed

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59.7Mb (3.8Mb) / 20.0in x 11.6in / 6000 x 3476 (300dpi)

Keywords

Chess mill backgammon box games flower vases chess plant decoration baroque style landscapes backgammon animals birds checkers party game 1680s France furniture equipment game furniture height 9 cm width 37 cm depth 32.8 cm rectangular hinged wooden board opened flat showing two panels symmetrical geometric pattern dominant color dark brown black field ivory-colored elongated triangular inlays narrow pale lines creating pointed motifs several horizontal pale rectangular inlays darker decorative markings thin golden yellow linear accents outlining panels forming small diamond- motifs near center hinge outer frame darker wood lighter edge lines small circular holes border metal hinge visible center two panels meet.