Photos By Gail
The Amber from which this Chess and Backgammon board (circa 17th century) is made provides a rich golden surface across which game pieces could be moved; a fitting stage for aristocrats to rehearse the strategic thinking used in warfare and diplomacy. This set was once owned by German Politician, Georg Schreiber.
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Photo By Gail
Between 1926 and 1934, Charles Sheeler produced seven paintings and several photographs of the interior of his home in South Salem, New York. Prominently featured in all of them is his collection of early American furnishings. Although he rendered each object with perfectionist clarity. he treated the composition as an abstract design, enlivened by his unusual choice of perspective as exampled in this piece, Americana (1931).
Photographed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.