Antique Draughts

Shooting the wrong cue ball incurs a penalty of one point and loss of turn. International draughts (also called international checkers or Polish draughts).

JJohann Rudolf Feyerabend (Swiss, 1779–1814) Still Life with Draughts Board Watercolour and Gouache on Paper, signed lower right A finely wrought cabinet still life in which Feyerabe...

Fashionable architectural pieces of the 16th century, romayne panels like these would’ve originally been used alongside several plain and carved panels to clad interior walls, provid...

There is a drawer on either side, they contain what appears to be original or at least very old draughts pieces, albeit not complete sets. We have had this recently re-polished, the...

It is designed as a typical writing table of the period would be, except the middle drawer has a two sided playing surface, one side with a chess / draughts board, the other with a b...

The chair has a high back and closed arms making it particularly useful in the winter, keeping away any draughts. This would certainly have been a factor in even the grandest houses ...

The second tier opens to an inlaid surface depicting draughts and backgammon squares and stars. The table retains the original mahogany rectangular frame used to secure its games pie...

The rectangular top is inlaid with a checkerboard for chess or draughts, framed by a clean edge molding. The top lifts to reveal a hidden interior, finely decorated with an inlaid ba...

JUST PURCHASED MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW OR BY REQUEST, photos taken with iphone Heavyweight tapestry curtain perfect for a doorway to keep draughts at bay. With stylised large flo...

The rectangular top is framed with linear inlays and opens to reveal a beautifully crafted checkerboard surface at its center, ideal for chess or draughts. The apron is also adorned...

An Arts & Crafts oak high back wing back or Porter's armchair with shaped cornice and shaped elongated wings to the sides to keep the draughts away from the porter.

Heading : Victorian coromandel games compendium Date : c1880 Period : Victoria Origin : England Decoration : Contains: Chess, Draughts and Backgammon board, all chess pieces mounted ...

Wing chairs are designed in the 18th century as a protection against draughts. With exceptional grace in the rolled arms, noble curved wings, moulded Mahogany legs and a down-feathe...

The table has a box stretcher, pieces connecting the legs, with a wide capping over which was used as a footrest to avoid draughts during the cold season. Healthy and stable frame.

Antique late-19th century Victorian burr walnut cased games compendium, the interior comprising a chess set, draughts, dominoes, dice, cribbage board with markers, leather bound boar...

Antique late-19th century Victorian walnut cased games compendium, the interior comprising a chess set, draughts, dominoes, dice, cribbage board with markers, leather bound boards fo...

With typical West Country farmhouses’ principle living rooms (invariably the kitchen) having a door directly to the outside, such pieces, when placed between this and the fire provid...

Antique map titled 'Particular Draughts of some of the chief African Islands (..)'.

They were specifically designed to shield the sitter from draughts, which was no doubt an uncomfortable frequent experience in 18th century England.

With pivoting openers and a stepped lip (sealing lip) to help eliminate any draughts when closed, as shown in the images. They will pivot through approximate 65 degrees, circa 1870.

Note: Before it was "checkers" it was "draughts". The name checkers might have come from the British word "chequers" which referred to the checker board pattern.

ERWIN BINDEWALD (1897-1950) Two men playing draughts, a girl with the red book standing behind them Signed and dated E.

It is really comfortable and cozy to sit in, enveloping and protecting the sitter from draughts. - The chair was acquired by Leigh & Olivier, along with another wing armchair of rar...

It is really comfortable and cozy to sit in, enveloping and protecting the sitter from draughts. - The chair was acquired by Leigh & Olivier, along with another wing armchair of rar...

The screen would have been placed near the hearth of a room used for the Japanese tea ceremony, shielding the fire from draughts and also forming a stimulating and decorative backdro...

The objective is simply to remove all but one of the marbles by jumping one marble over another, similar to the game of draughts. The marble jumped is removed to the gallery around t...