Oversized Antique Primitive Solid Wood Painted Checkers Gameboard classic shuttlecock

shuttlecock

green and purple

Very good I believe antique condition with wear

making anyone immediately feel calm and welcomed

and the stems of the hairpin are a bit bent

Oversized Antique Primitive Solid Wood Painted Checkers Gameboard classic shuttlecockI spotted this (huge) old board from across the room (in New Hampshire), where it read like a minimalist painting the combination of simple, bold pattern and subtleties of the old painted surface (which details best capture) make it to my eye a really beautiful thing. I'm not sure if it was made for giant sized checkers, or just to be decorative, but it's definitely got age, I'd guess early ish 20th century, with fine alligatoring to the paint,