Object Detail
Description
sofa / games table. The central top panel slides out and when inverted provides an inlaid chess / draughts board; in the well of the table, a tooled leather backgammon board; two flaps with rule joints. Sham central drawer with two long drawers either side. Four turned column supports and stretcher to four sabre legs with cast brass lion paw feet, applied brass paterae and acanthus leaf decoration.
Maker and role
furniture maker: unknown
Production place
England
Production date
circa 1815
Media description
Rosewood, satinwood
Measurements
705 x 850 (closed) x 582 mm
Credit line
Foundation Collection, 1989
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A0087
TJC reference number
88
