Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A George III mahogany Pembroke games table, the drop-leaf top with a sliding central section, the underside inlaid in ebony and sycamore a chequer board and outlined in green stained sycamore, two other game boards, revealing a compartmented interior with a central backgammon board, flanked by two counter compartments inlaid with trompe l'oeil dice, the lids kingwood banded, one inlaid a chequer board, the underside of one inlaid a cribbage board and the backgammon lid inlaid marquetry, parquetry and penwork playing cards, on square tapering legs, with moulded ankles, together with assorted counters, chess pieces, backgammon pieces and playing cards, 27½in (69.8cm) high, 30in (75.8cm) wide, 20¾in (52.7cm) closed.

Provenance: The Norris Family, formerly of Wood Norton Hall, Norfolk.