Hand-Made
Gaming Table
Bespoke Hand-Made
Gaming Table
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Created as a focal
piece for admiration and conversation, this practical
hand-made Gaming Table has been created from no
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The top has been inlaid for chess and backgammon, the
chess board is created from Satinwood and Rosewood framed
in stringing of Boxwood and Ebony, and banded in striking
green and red dyed Lime.The backgammon board is inlaid
in Macassa Ebony, Satinwood, Burr Walnut and Mahogany,
strung in Ebony and Boxwood and banded in dyed Lime.
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The reverse of this centre section
has a blind tooled leather writing surface banded in
Tiger Brown Oak, the table top is decorated with oysters
of Laburnum cut directly from the log into quarter inch
slices; each piece is then book-matched to another and
laid in pairs in the traditional manner. The oysters
are banded with Tiger Brown Oak, and the edge of the
top is chamfered and moulded also in Brown Oak.
The hand-made top is supported by eight turned Beechwood
and ebonised balls which in turn are fitted to a pair
of boxed drawers, the body of each drawer has an inlaid
panel of matching red and green dyed Lime framed in
a Satinwood, Boxwood and Ebony stringing and cross-banded
in Walnut.
The internal sides of the kneehole are proportionally
matched to the top, its internal sides are decorated
with a panel of quilted Maple strung in Kingswood, Boxwood
and Ebony, and cross-banded in Walnut. The drawer itself
is created from solid quarter-cut oak with the drawer
front being Mahogany and decorated with a pair of Olivewood
oysters, strung in Tulipwood, Ebony and Boxwood and
cross-banded in quilted Maple.
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Each hand-made drawer is dovetailed
with a traditional centre dovetail flanked by out
splayed dovetails. The drawer front is fitted with
polished chrome and leather handles. The opposite
side of the table is fitted with faux drawers equally
decorated. |
The whole piece is supported by Mahogany
turned and ebonised legs terminating in delicate turned
ball feet. The piece once completed had all of the individual
timbers skimmed in with pale shellac and traditionally
French polished with lemon shellac burnished with an
oil and beeswax composition creating a subtle depth
of sheen. |
