Anglo-indian Rosewood Chess Top Table

A very handsome and rare 19th century colonial chess top table. Of generous proportions and of Anglo-Indian origin and dating to c.1875. Very well constructed in solid rosewood with attractive rosewood veneers. The shaped top is inset with a chess board with squares in satinwood and ebony. The top is further decorated with inlay again in satinwood and ebony. The base is decorated with crisply carved detailings throughout. Standing on turned tapering legs which are united by an x-frame under-stretcher. With a single drawer to the freeze and finished to the rear. Sympathetically refinished in our workshops to a very high standard and now offered for sale in excellent condition with a good colour and patina. Dimensions: Width 111cms Depth 69cms Height 77cms