A Good English ‘Washington’ Pattern Turned Ivory Chess Set c.1800-20 sub-Decorative Objects ) marmande paris’

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The Classical Sourcebook of Decorative Motifs’ by The Dover Pictorial Archive

Chairs of this type are rarely as decorative as these

The particularly large life size three quarter bust thick heavy set plaster moulded death mask in ochre

A Good English ‘Washington’ Pattern Turned Ivory Chess Set c.1800-20 sub-Decorative Objects ) marmande paris’Origin: English Period: George III Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 20 The Bishop: 3 high The English ivory chess set in the Washington pattern, one side stained red, the other side remaining natural, the kings with "cogged" crowns and the queens with ball knops, the bishops with cleft mitres and tapering columns, the knights as arched horses' heads, rooks as turrets with reeded tapering spires and raised on knopped columns, and the pawns with ball