Gameboard

Artist Ebenezer Hubbard 1782 - 1871

Dateca. 1803

Terms

Board Games
Birch
Holly
Mahogany
Pine
Concord (Massachusetts)

Dimensions47 × 46.8 × 2.4 cm (18 1/2 × 18 7/16 × 15/16 in.)

Credit LineGameboard, Ebenezer Hubbard (1782-1871), Concord, MA, about 1803. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Cummings E. Davis; F1413.

Object numberF1413

DescriptionAttributed to Ebenezer Hubbard. The inlaid stringing of shaded concentric half-circles which occurs here in two different sizes has been associated with the Seymour shops based on its use on examples of their furniture. It was taken for a while as conclusive evidence of their manufacture, but this gameboard has a convincing history of having been made by Hubbard. Eastern white pine, mahogany, birch, holly. The gameboard is a pine board with 1 5/8" birch cleated ends, stained red on the back. A thin facing strip is nailed to the edges. The playing surface is decorated with a checkerboard of holly and mahogany veneer, surrounded by three bands of stringing alternated with two bands of mahogany veneer. A brass loop is screwed into one corner.