Name/Title
Backgammon SetsDescription
This remarkable entry in a full-page Abercrombie & Fitch Christmas ad offers an inventive table-top set with side compartments to store checkers, cups and dice. The diamond-topped points would not prove as popular as the boldly dotted points, though they have reappeared by various makers overtime. The mention of a rule book is of interest as no such booklets pre-dating 1930 are known. Finally, the absence of a doubling cube from such an elaborate set confirms that the device had not emerged before 1930.Publication Details
Publication Type
Backgammon AdvertisementPeriodical
Vanity FairPeriodical Type
MagazineVolume/Number/Issue
December 1929Other Names and Numbers
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SequenceOther Number
1929_12Relationships
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