Massive board from the first half of the 20th century. Wooden inlays (the dark side is maple wood, the other woods used for the inlays are unknown) applied to a solid wood base plate. Wooden rims varnished in some dark colour and attached to the base plate with brass screws.

The overall size of the board is 620 x 620 mm. Playing size is 480 x 480 mm with the individual squares measuring 60 x 60 mm. My personal favorite!

The board was a refurbishment project of mine. When I got it, the board looked a bit dull, the screws were tarnished and so on. I started with unscrewing the rim and cleaning both, the individual rim parts as well as the board surface from dust. After that I carefully sanded the surface of the board with rather high grits (120 up to 3000) so as to not damage the veneer before I applied several layers of amber french polish. The brass screws were buff polished to a high gloss before reattaching the rim.