Sold for:
$889
$889
Marquetry-inlaid Checkerboard, New York, c. 1880, square game board with applied molding, inlaid with contrasting light and dark woods, the checkerboard surrounded with geometric borders with five-point stars in the corners, the back inlaid with the initials "ANC," 19 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. Note: A note affixed to the back is inscribed: "Crafted in 1880 by patients of this Dr. by welfare patients, [at]...Welfare Island Hospital, N.Y."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-12