EditorialFILE PHOTO: Shop vendors play backgammon in front of their shop in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, a popular destination for German tourists, in Turkey
EditorialGame table, ca. 1780?83, German, Neuwied am Rhine, Oak and walnut, veneered with mahogany, maple, holly (the last two partially stained); iron, steel, brass, gilt bronze; felt and partially tooled and gilded leather, Overall: H. 30 13/16 x W. 38 11/16 ...
EditorialGame Piece with Hercules Slaying the Three-Headed Geryon, ca. 1150, Made in Cologne, Germany, German, Ivory, Overall: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Ivories-Walrus, This carved disk was originally part of a set of thirty pieces made for the board game known as 'tab...