Gaming table [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]
… is a prey in the eye of the rapacious gamester. Objects > Sports & Gaming accessories Keywords Aristocracy Domesticity Furniture Gambling Gaming Playing Playing games was a crucial aspect of daily sociability especially among the … and table games in particular took pride of place. Consequently, the gaming table itself became a desirable piece of furniture. 1 The first references to tables purposely built for playing games date back to the late seventeenth century. They testify to the growing trend of specialised furniture-making following the changes in the organisation of domestic space which was by then centred on smaller rooms …
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