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Betting book [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]
… very deep in cards and dice; […] I am inclined to suspect that our women of fashion will also learn to divert themselves with this polite practice of laying wagers. […] In a word, if this once becomes fashionable among the ladies, we shall … Such betting tradition takes its roots in the fashion for speculation that emerged at the end of the seventeenth century with the development of life insurance. ‘Life insurance was largely an urban phenomenon’ 2 and the growth of the London insurance market was associated with the expansion of English foreign trade in the second half of the seventeenth century. It was part of the remarkable …
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Gaming table [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]
… and Technical Aspects As a table chiefly designed to entertain (in every sense of the word), it was also endowed with a representative function, which may account for its marked decorative dimension. Although many tables remained … create varying patterns of colour alternating different types of woods imported from all over the world and contrasting with the previous years’ extensive use of walnut wood. Mahogany in particular became fashionable in England at the … triangular shape and most of them usually seated three to four players, creating a strong sense of intimacy if compared with wider dining tables for instance. In England, gaming tables became objects of luxury strongly inspired by the …
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