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ANTIQUE #SA1106036

Early 19th Century Regency Games Table With Removable Chess And Backgammon Boards, Attributed To Gillows

£2,400    $3,251    €2,827
Fine quality games table in the form of a sofa table with reversible top panel which has a chess board inlaid on one side and opens to reveal a backgammon tray within. The chess board and backgammon tray can be removed to use elsewhere or used in situ. The backgammon tray is fitted with the most wonderfully detailed felt playing surface and it is in very good condition indeed.
 
Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and London circa 1830.
 
There are two tables with similar top section in Susan Stuart''s book, one of which has the same ormolu caster feet, both made by P. Fearnley.
 
74cm high
 
101cm wide (open)
 
51cm deep
 
Provenance: Gatewick, Steyning, West Sussex
 
TF074
 
The table is from the collection of the Yorke Family from Gatewick House in West Sussex. The house was bought in 1953 by David Yorke who was the Grandson of the 7th Earl of Harwicke and his wife Anne Mackail who was great-great Granddaughter of Sir Edward Burne Jones. The house contained items inherited fr...
Antique SA1106036 shown on this page was made in the 19th Century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
19th Century
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