1800s
Full size late C19th Antique French inlaid wood Walnut Marquetry Backgammon Board with Boxwood Pieces
€566 / $660
This handmade magnificent C19th French walnut backgammon game has a beautiful unique cream and pistache marquetry (inlaid wood) playing surface playing surface which is in extraordinary condition for its age. The outer surface of the board has a magnificent marquetry chess or checkers board, which is, beside 1 small wine spill spots, in great condition. I have rarely seen a game of this antiquity in such a good state, for the marquetry playing surface internal (the backgammon board) as well as the outer side (chess / checkers board) are both in remarkable fine condition.