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Italian Pietra Dura Inlaid Marble Top Coffee Table with design of birds and floral. Nice Gilt Wood Base.

Closeup game table in wood with green cloth on the floor.

This is a table top only no base is provided. This is a gorgeous table top, featuring superb inlaid birds, flora and fauna and grapes and beautiful leaves. The top is perfect for a...

Ebonized Eastlake games table.

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite antique Pietra Dura Italian Marble chess table with Victorian Mahogany circa 1880 base ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite antique Pietra Dura Italian Specimen Marble chess board table, William IV circa 1830 ...

This is a fantastic table made of precisely placed inlaid species of marble. The marble is in good original condition. The top is inlaid in a floral pattern and the base is also flor...

Chinoiserie Lacquered and Parcel Gilt Game Table, probably Chinese, at least circa 1940s, possibly much earlier. Retains warm original patina. It is a versatile size and can be used ...

An elegant and classical games table in walnut, equipped for chess, cards, backgammon, dominoes and bridge. The table is made from walnut with...

An unusual George IV specimen marble backgammon table attributed to Gillows. This rectangular table is strongly attributed to Gillows. It has a rectangular top inlaid with a central chess board flanked by two backgammon fields, all inlaid with a multitude of specimen marbles. One edge carved and gilded with the Latin motto ‘Turpe est in patria vivere et patriam ignorare’. The oak base has a drawer for cards and playing pieces, all raised on a square section support with four splayed legs and the original brass castors. English, circa 1830. Provenance: Geoffrey Bennison Ltd, London, November 1983 The Mermaid House Collection, St. John’s Wood, London Property of a gentleman Private American collection The form of the base of this table is related to several known Gillows commissions from the late Regency period and the quality of the cabinet work also suggests that firm attribution to the firm. Backgammon tables, rather than more general games tables, are unusual at this date and the use of inlaid specimen marbles in the top suggests a client of wealth. Additionally, the Latin text on the edge of the table provides further clues. The text, Turpe est in patria vivere et patriam ignorare, translates as “it is shameful to live in your homeland and not know it”. This phrase dates back to antiquity but rose to prominence once again in the mid-18th century when used by the botanist and key Enlightenment figure Carl Linnaeus in his work on the native flora of Sweden. The combination of this phrase and the use of native English timbers and marbles is promoting English raw materials and craftsmanship at a time when the noble and the wealthy were focussed on European pietra dura tables. Mermaid House in St John’s Wood was re-designed by Chester Jones...

We are delighted to offer for sale this important William Iv Circa 1830 Flamed Mahogany Spiral Column base centre table with stunning Pietra Dura Speciamin...

Ornate Italian Pietra Dura Marble Top Game Table. Rectangular Sienna marble top table with pietra dura inlaid chess board. Foliate scroll ca...