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Double-sided checkerboard in bittersweet and black paint.
The front of the board is carefully laid out with borders and corner blocks while the back/underside is framed with stretcher boards. Both sides make clever use of unpainted pine as a third color and both differ in the way they use the paint.
The playing field of the back/underside also features the pasted numbers that are common to so-called “correspondence boards” and would have helped two friends play a game by mail.
Late 19th century.
15 inches
Wear and condition as expected with age.
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The shop is located in the Historic Village of Franklin, Delaware County, NY in the western Catskill Mountains.
Shop Address
(NO MAIL SERVICE)
322 Main Street
Franklin, NY
Mailing Address
1818 State Hwy 28
Oneonta, NY 13820
Shop Hours
Saturdays & Sundays: 11am – 5:30pm
Otherwise by appointment or chance.
Approximate Travel Times
Oneonta: 10 minutes
Delhi: 20 minutes
Cooperstown: 30 minutes
Binghamton: 1 hour
Albany and the Hudson Valley: 1.5 hours
New York City/George Washington Bridge: 2.5 hours