REF1539 Fine Tunbridge ware chess board.
Circa 1850
Fine English mahogany framed chess board, the boarder with Tunbridge Ware inlaid decoration , chess squares inliad in boxwood & rosewood.
Tunbridge ware is a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tonbridge and the spa town of Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. The decoration typically consists of a mosaic of many very small pieces of different coloured woods that form a pictorial vignette.
Board 37.5 CM Squares 3.4 CM
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